Veteran is Disrespected by Trump Supporter, Restaurant Manager on Veteran’s Day

Source: RedState | November 14, 2016 | Susan Wright

TRUMPISM: Veteran is Disrespected by Trump Supporter, Restaurant Manager on Veteran’s Day

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In Cedar Hill, Texas, one of our veterans experienced something none of our vets deserves to be subjected to. Here is his story.

For his free meal on Veterans Day, Ernest Walker picked the Chili’s Grill and Bar in Cedar Hill. The 47-year-old sat at a table and ordered a burger while his service dog Barack waited by his side.

As Walker tells it, an elderly white man wearing a Donald Trump shirt approached him and said that he was in Germany and that blacks weren’t allowed to serve there. Walker, who is black, says he was wearing his old Army uniform.

The man walked to the back of the restaurant, Walker says, and a waitress came to pack his leftovers. Then a manager showed up.

In a widely shared Facebook post, Walker wrote that the manager claimed another guest said Walker was not “a real soldier” because he was wearing his hat indoors. Walker said he provided a military ID at the manager’s request, along with his discharge papers.

“The guest also said your dog is not a service dog,” Walker says the manager told him.

Mr. Walker turned his cellphone camera on and recorded the incident as it went down.

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For their part, the Chili’s organization have apologized through a prepared statement, and say they are reaching out to Walker, although he says they have not gotten in touch with him, personally.

“Our goal is to make every guest feel special and unfortunately we fell short on a day where we serve more than 180,000 free meals as a small token to honor our veterans and active military for their service, hence these actions do not reflect the beliefs of our brand,” the statement said. “We are taking this very seriously and the leaders in our company are actively involved with the goal of making it right.”

And I hope they do make it right.

Is this what we can expect, long term, surrounding a Trump presidency? It’s disheartening and wrong, and I pray this is an anomaly, rather than something we should expect to be the new norm.

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