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The people of Brookfield — this fine young lady excepted — have made their priorities clear.
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C’mon, America — I don’t have to spell it out for you, do I?
Based on Ian Goodrum’s tweet. Thanks to Ellen Shapiro for the find!
Lanfranco Pescante’s Instagram post. He seems a little too eager to kill, and waaaay more concerned about the flag than the old man.
Crazy times like this often lead to rising tempers, and rising tempers sometimes lead to career-limiting moves on social media. Case in point: Lanfranco Pescante, co-owner of Tampa’s Nocturnal Hospitality Group (which owns Franklin Manor, Osteria, Mole y Abuela, Mision Lago Estate, and Shibui), went a little too far on Instagram. It’s one thing to defend the flag and old man who got hurt carrying it at a protest, and it’s another thing to go completely unhinged about it on social media and call for people to get shot:
Pescante wrote all this in an argument with the Instagram account @officialthebody, whose posts have been in support of protesters and pointing them to resources.
It didn’t work out well for him. Here’s what Carlos “Carlos Eats” Hernandez — one of my go-to guys for local news — posted soon after:
- WFLA: Franklin Manor co-owner steps down after ‘just shoot them all’ comment about protesters
- Creative Loafing: Co-owner of Tampa’s Nocturnal Group apologizes after violent and racist comments surface online [UPDATE: Lanfranco Pescante has stepped down]
- Tampa Bay Times: Co-owner of Franklin Manor, other Tampa restaurants steps down after his posts spark outrage
The Tampa Bay Times article is worth it, just for the new ironic twist that Pescante’s t-shirt in his file photo provides. It just begged for a caption:
Thanks to Roberto Torres for the find!
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Oliver Willis, O-dubs, you are so right. And yes, this is a real photo that they intentionally released:
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I should close this article with an appropriate musical number:
For someone who can’t quote a Bible verse off the top of his head, posing with it reverently is high hypocrisy. It’s also poor preparation, given all the pandering he does to the religious right — as the saying goes, “Even the devil can cite scripture for his own purpose.”
But to clear protestors with tear gas just to get a photo op to put your faux piety on display? And without checking with the church, bishop or priest? There’s just no bottom with Trump — he can always go lower.
For context, see this USA Today article: ‘I am outraged’: DC bishop denounces Trump’s church visit after police clear protesters with tear gas, or this New York Times article: Protesters Dispersed With Tear Gas So Trump Could Pose at Church.