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The Crumb and Get It incident "re-entered the national conversation" after the 2018 [[Red Hen restaurant controversy]].<ref name=Philly20180627/> At that time, the owner of an unrelated Pennsylvania bakery of the same name reported being "slammed with messages" concerning the incident in Virginia six years earlier.<ref name=Philly20180627/>
The Crumb and Get It incident "re-entered the national conversation" after the 2018 [[Red Hen restaurant controversy]].<ref name=Philly20180627/> At that time, the owner of an unrelated Pennsylvania bakery of the same name reported being "slammed with messages" concerning the incident in Virginia six years earlier.<ref name=Philly20180627/>


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==Similar incidents==
* [[Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission]]
* [[Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission]]
* [[Kim Davis]]
* [[Kim Davis]]

Revision as of 20:36, 8 July 2018

In the Crumb and Get It bakery incident (August 15, 2012), a bakery owner in Radford, Virginia declined to host a campaign event for then-Vice President Joe Biden, citing political differences. The incident sparked significant media coverage and a surge in business for the bakery. The baker was invited to introduce Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan at a political rally the following week.

The incident

Just after 10:00am on Wednesday, August 15, 2012, an advance team from Joe Biden’s campaign entered the three-month old "mom-and-pop"[1] Crumb and Get It bakery, asking owner Chris McMurray if he would host an unscheduled media event, but McMurray politely declined, citing political differences.[2] McMurray said that the exchange was very kind—not heated, hoarse, or ill-mannered—a matter of political difference ("convictions about my faith" and then-President Obama's attitude toward business), with no offense to Biden.[2] McMurray later explained that he "would not like to be used as a photo op for (Obama/Biden's) campaign".[3] Biden's event was held at the nearby River Street Grill instead.[2]

Aftermath

A television reporter for WDBJ, Roanoke, Virginia, received a tip about the occurrence, a resultant story being picked up by the Drudge Report and various conservative blogs.[2] The coverage led to an outpouring of support and a surge in business the next day[2] that caused it to close down at 1:15pm because it ran out of food.[1] McMurray opened shops in Fredericksburg and Lakeland before later shutting its doors.[4]

McMurray's disagreement stemmed in part from his reaction to Obama's "You didn't build that" remark the previous month in Roanoke.[2] Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan requested that McMurray introduce him at a rally in Roanoke the following week,[3] when McMurray told the crowds "We (small business owners) did build it".[4] Three non-partisan fact-checkers subsequently found Obama's remark to refer to public infrastructure and not to the small businesses themselves.[2]

Reports that Secret Service agents subsequently entered and thanked McMurray "for standing up and saying no" and "bought a whole bunch of cookies and cupcakes"[1] were later contradicted by the a Secret Service spokesman who said the agents were there to thank the shop owners for their trouble and apologize for any inconvenience the advance team may have caused.[5]

The Crumb and Get It incident "re-entered the national conversation" after the 2018 Red Hen restaurant controversy.[6] At that time, the owner of an unrelated Pennsylvania bakery of the same name reported being "slammed with messages" concerning the incident in Virginia six years earlier.[6]

Similar incidents

References

  1. ^ a b c Salinas, Orlando (August 16, 2012). "Radford business owner declines request from Joe Biden's entourage to stop in store". WDBJ-7 (Television). Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) (use archive link)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Adams, Mason (August 15, 2012). "Radford bakery that turned Biden away sells out of 'freedom cookies'". The Roanoke Times. Archived from the original on June 29, 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b Shepherd, Shawna (August 22, 2012). "Ryan builds on Obama comment in Roanoke". CNN. Archived from the original on August 22, 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b Schladebeck, Jessica (June 26, 2018). "Remembering when a baker turned away Joe Biden and received praise from conservatives". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on June 29, 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Foster, Daniel (August 16, 2012). "The Cupcake Mutiny?". The National Review. Archived from the original on July 8, 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ a b Madej, Patricia (June 27, 2018). "Caught in political-civility debate, Pa. bakery shares name with one that wouldn't serve Joe Biden". Philly.com (Philadelphia Inquirer / Philadelphia Daily News). Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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