{"id":2132490,"date":"2023-12-23T15:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T20:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-to-wage-war-on-bill-enforcing-chick-fil-as-open-sundays\/"},"modified":"2023-12-23T15:57:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T20:57:33","slug":"lindsey-graham-to-wage-war-on-bill-enforcing-chick-fil-as-open-sundays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-to-wage-war-on-bill-enforcing-chick-fil-as-open-sundays\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham vows to combat legislation targeting Chick Fil A&#8217;s Sunday operations"},"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\">24<\/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%2Flindsey-graham-to-wage-war-on-bill-enforcing-chick-fil-as-open-sundays%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=2132490&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--><h2>Senator Lindsey Graham Threatens to Take \u2064Action Against Proposed Legislation Affecting\u2063 Chick-fil-A&#8217;s Operating Hours<\/h2>\n<p>Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has \u200btaken to X, formerly known as Twitter, to \u200cexpress his strong \u200bopposition to the Rest Stop Restaurant Act\u2063 in New York. \u200dThis \u2062legislation aims to require all\u2062 food and beverage companies\u2064 along the State Thruway and \u200dat\u2063 the Port Authority\u200d in New York and New Jersey to stay open seven days a week. Chick-fil-A, which has\u2064 a 33-year \u2062contract with the Thruway Authority\u200d to operate seven restaurants, would\u200b be directly affected by this proposed change.<\/p>\n<h3>A Battle for\u2063 the Soul of America<\/h3>\n<p>Graham passionately declared, &#8220;This is war! If this legislation moves forward, I will introduce a bill that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-confirms-withholding-key-funds-from-schools-that-have-hunting-classes\/\" title=\"Biden Administration holds back crucial funds from schools offering hunting courses.\">withholds federal funds<\/a> from any city or state that forces Chick-fil-A \u2064to open on Sundays. The founders of Chick-fil-A made a deliberate decision to\u2062 close on Sundays, aligning with\u2064 their faith. Any attempt by the government to overturn \u2062this decision goes against the very essence of our\u2064 American identity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Georgia-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burger-king-u-k-tries-to-celebrate-women-in-tweet-ends-up-apologizing\/\" title=\"Burger King U.K. Tries To Celebrate Women In Tweet, Ends Up Apologizing\">fast food chain<\/a> made its debut in New York in \u200b2015, \u200dwith the largest restaurant in the country. Graham emphasized, &#8220;Chick-fil-A is an exceptional\u200b company, serving the public with top-quality products \u200dand prioritizing\u200c the well-being of their employees. New York&#8217;s actions are misguided, and they will not go unanswered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to \u2063read more from\u200b The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner reached out\u200d to Chick-fil-A for their response to the proposed legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The Thruway Authority \u2064had \u200cplans for three additional Chick-fil-A restaurants to \u2063open in the near future. The Thruway \u200citself spans nearly 500 miles.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200b What larger issues and ideological differences does\u200d the ongoing dispute over Chick-fil-A&#8217;s\u200d operating hours reflect<\/h2>\n<p><span>  In a recent turn of events, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has taken to the online platform X, formerly known as Twitter, to voice his strong\u200d opposition to the\u2063 Rest Stop Restaurant Act in New York. This proposed legislation\u2063 seeks to mandate\u200b that all \u2064food and beverage companies along the State Thruway and at \u2064the Port \u2062Authority in New York\u200c and New\u200b Jersey stay open seven days a week. Notably, \u200bthe popular fast food chain\u200c Chick-fil-A, which has a\u2063 long-standing 33-year contract with the Thruway Authority\u200d to operate seven restaurants, would \u2064be directly impacted by this potential change.<\/p>\n<p>Senator \u200cLindsey Graham&#8217;s reaction to this proposal has\u2063 been characterized by his \u2064passionate rhetoric. He declared,\u200c &#8220;This is war! If this legislation moves \u200cforward, I will \u2062introduce a bill that withholds federal funds from any city \u2064or state that forces Chick-fil-A to open on Sundays. The \u200dfounders of \u200bChick-fil-A made\u2062 a deliberate decision to close on Sundays, aligning \u200cwith their faith.\u200c Any \u200cattempt by the \u2062government to overturn this\u200b decision\u2063 goes against the very essence of our American identity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chick-fil-A made its debut in New York in 2015, making it the largest restaurant of its kind in the \u200dcountry. Senator Graham emphasized the exceptional nature of the fast food chain, noting that Chick-fil-A serves the public\u2062 with top-quality products while prioritizing the well-being of their employees. From his\u200d perspective, the actions taken by New York\u200c in proposing this legislation are misguided and will not be left unanswered.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-change-protesters-temporarily-disrupt-congressional-womens-softball-game\/\" title=\"Climate change protesters briefly disrupt Congressional Women's Softball Game.\">prominent news outlet<\/a>,\u2063 has reached out to Chick-fil-A for their\u200d response to the proposed legislation, further shedding light \u2064on the significance and potential impact of this debate.<\/p>\n<p>At \u200dthe \u2063same time, it is important to highlight that the Thruway Authority had already planned\u200c for \u200bthe opening of three\u2064 additional \u2064Chick-fil-A restaurants in the \u2062near future. Given\u2062 that the Thruway itself spans nearly 500 miles, the addition\u200b of these\u200b restaurants would have not only brought more\u200c convenience to travelers but also created new employment opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this ongoing dispute\u2062 over the operating hours of\u2062 Chick-fil-A in the context of proposed legislation highlights a larger battle for the soul of America. Senator Lindsey Graham&#8217;s threat to introduce a bill withholding federal \u200cfunds reflects the\u2062 deep-seated ideological \u200ddifferences and the \u200cstrong emotions involved\u200d in \u2062this matter. As the discussions continue, it remains\u2062 to be seen what\u2062 the ultimate outcome will be \u2062and how it will impact \u2063the future of Chick-fil-A&#8217;s presence in \u200dthe affected areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) warned of his intervention in New York&#8217;s legislation to alter Chick-fil-A&#8217;s operating hours. Graham expressed his opposition to the Rest Stop Restaurant Act on X (formerly Twitter), which aims to regulate food and beverage establishments on the State Thruway and at the Port Authority in New York<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2132491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2132490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2132490","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=2132490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2132490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2132491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2132490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2132490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2132490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}