By Ted Cohen
A gritty little Windsor County diner, which proudly hates Donald Trump and is making no apologies for its controversial grilling of the Republican president, is creating a huge backlash from pro-Trumpers.
“Certain (fascist type) people complain that The Hartland Diner is ‘too political’ or keeps mixing ‘politics’ with breakfast,” the diner owner, Nicole Bartner, just posted on Facebook in response to her critics. “I am here to tell you that anyone who says anything even remotely like those things right now are racist fascists.”
And then this:
“May every one of you filthy Rebs die screaming in a fire,” Bartner added. “You are the very opposite of patriots. You are the actual enemies of America. You are a disgrace to every good thing these United States can be.🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲”
Bartner is responding to a commentary by Benjamin Cross headlined “When A Diner Turns Into A Pulpit Of Hate.”
Cross posted on GreenMountainRevival.com, writing, “When you walk into a small-town diner in Vermont, you expect a hot cup of coffee, a plate of eggs, and maybe a friendly chat about the weather. What you don’t expect is for the business to be run by someone who openly wishes death upon her neighbors.
“That’s exactly what’s happening at The Hartland Diner,” Cross wrote. “Instead of building community, Bartner has turned her diner’s Facebook page into a platform for rage, insults, and hostility. The evidence is right there in her own posts.
“One post calls Republicans ‘filthy Rebs’ who should ‘die screaming in a fire.’ Another celebrates the death of Charlie Kirk and spins it into bizarre conspiracy theories. Others sneer at Christians, mocking scripture and praying that white evangelicals would vanish by sundown so ‘the rest of us can eat our pie in peace.’”
On her Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/share/1DHKnkyj8A/) Bartner calls her diner a “Scrappy little independent-Jewish-woman-owned local business. Progressive values, great food. Immaculate vibe. LGBTQIA+ Safe Space. Black Lives Matter. Free Palestine. PRO America. ANTI Trump.”
Now, if you want a little politics with your eggs over easy, the Hartland Diner is apparently the go-to place, in none other than the heartland of Vermont.
The food is hot – and so are the politics!
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