{"id":1562444,"date":"2022-07-20T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1562444"},"modified":"2022-07-20T08:34:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T12:34:42","slug":"democrat-congresswoman-has-meltdown-after-seeing-opponents-campaign-poster-in-diner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-congresswoman-has-meltdown-after-seeing-opponents-campaign-poster-in-diner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Congresswoman Has Meltdown After Seeing Opponent&#8217;s Campaign Poster in Diner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-congresswoman-has-meltdown-after-seeing-opponents-campaign-poster-in-diner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1562444&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On June 17 Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL) was caught on video shouting at a local diner owner and threatening retaliation for his daring to hang a campaign poster for<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0her potential opponent,\u00a0<\/span>Republican Primary candidate Deborah Adeimy.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Kline, owner of City Diner in West Palm Beach, Florida, says that he has happily served Frankel for many years as a customer, despite completely disagreeing with her politics.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kline believes Frankel was made aware of the poster by a customer who questioned Kline\u2019s son, who works at the diner, about the poster shortly before Frankel arrived that day.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign poster includes a line that reads: \u201cRetire Lois Frankel.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot 10 minutes later did Lois come crashing through the door,\u201d says Kline. \u201cShe didn\u2019t come to eat. Because she comes with her elderly mother when she comes to eat. It\u2019s a whole different mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe came in looking around with her dark sunglasses. She was looking for that picture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinally she found it,\u201d says Kline, \u201cand she started freaking out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kline says he could hear Frankel yelling from the back of the restaurant, and came out after she asked to see the owner.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The remainder of the altercation was caught on video by Kline\u2019s son.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kline verified the authenticity of the below video distributed by Adeimy\u2019s campaign:<\/p>\n<p><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m gonna make sure, that every, one of my [inaudible] knows exactly what you\u2019ve been doing here\u201d Frankel can be seen telling Kline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not allowed to vote for who I want?\u201d Kline asks her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can vote for who you want, but let me tell you something\u2014\u201c Frankel continues before she appears to begin taking photos of the campaign poster.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As Frankel continues to shout that she is never coming to the restaurant again, Kline suggests that her response is unreasonable.<\/p>\n<p>Frankel can be seen on video marching back into the restaurant after having been halfway out the door\u2014 she re-approaches Kline and tells him \u201cListen, listen, listen, Mr. Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kline pointed out to <em>Human Events<\/em> that there is no Trump signage in his establishment.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><source type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/humanevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/67943296436__8431A09C-EC1A-47D4-AE4C-30D18C2202F6.fullsizerender-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/humanevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/67943296436__8431A09C-EC1A-47D4-AE4C-30D18C2202F6.fullsizerender-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/humanevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/67943296436__8431A09C-EC1A-47D4-AE4C-30D18C2202F6.fullsizerender-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/humanevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/67943296436__8431A09C-EC1A-47D4-AE4C-30D18C2202F6.fullsizerender-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/humanevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/67943296436__8431A09C-EC1A-47D4-AE4C-30D18C2202F6.fullsizerender-scaled.jpeg 1536w\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<source type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/humanevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/67943300744__6355887C-C382-48AA-A9BC-4A06A366D215.fullsizerender-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/humanevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/67943300744__6355887C-C382-48AA-A9BC-4A06A366D215.fullsizerender-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/humanevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/67943300744__6355887C-C382-48AA-A9BC-4A06A366D215.fullsizerender-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/humanevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/67943300744__6355887C-C382-48AA-A9BC-4A06A366D215.fullsizerender-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/humanevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/67943300744__6355887C-C382-48AA-A9BC-4A06A366D215.fullsizerender-scaled.jpeg 1536w\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kline told <em>Human Events<\/em> that he was confused by the entire interaction, surprised to see \u201ca congresswoman in the United States House of Representatives having a meltdown because one of her constituents is voting for or supporting a different candidate\u2014 who by the way hasn\u2019t even won her primary yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Why is a sitting congresswoman having a meltdown in my restaurant over a woman who has not even won a primary?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kline provided <em>Human Events<\/em> with a photograph of the poster in question, as well as the new sidewalk sign he erected after the altercation:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Adeimy called Frankel\u2019s behavior \u201cappalling\u201d and \u201cinexcusable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis goes beyond politics. I find it appalling that a sitting member of Congress would intimidate or threaten anyone for supporting me or any reason. This is inexcusable behavior,\u201d Adeimy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to wish the Kline family all the best and thank them for their continued support. No American should be verbally attacked by their own Congressperson, have their workday interrupted to defend themselves for their American right. It is time for Frankel to retire, she does not represent this district well. I will be a Representative that treats everyone with dignity and respect. I have heard too many stories like this from my hometown voters about Lois Frankel.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 17 Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL) was caught on video shouting at a local diner owner and threatening retaliation for his daring to hang a campaign poster for\u00a0her potential<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1574626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1562444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1562444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1574626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1562444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1562444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1562444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}