Even though it wouldn’t host a Trump Jr. rally, conservatives should defend this bar

Published September 20, 2018 7:36pm ET



When a bar called Midtown Tavern in Montana decided not to host Donald Trump Jr. for a political rally, it immediately drew comparison to the Red Hen restaurant controversy. Aside from culinary similarities though, the two cases couldn’t be more different, and conservatives should stand behind the bar.

The Red Hen is a yuppie, farm-to-table place in Lexington, Va., which suddenly and stupidly became the focus of the political world for a couple weeks in June. The chicken shop decided to join the #resistance when its owner refused to serve artisanal chicken dishes to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her family.

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