“You’re not welcome back.”

That’s the message the manager of Philadelphia cheesesteak joint Max’s Steaks had for Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick, after his campaign held an event outside the restaurant Friday that the eatery was told would be about autism awareness.

Mike Sfida—who agreed to hold the event because his niece and nephew have autism—was alarmed when he saw Donald Trump signs being hung outside the beloved North Philly spot on Friday, the* Philadelphia Inquirer*reported. McCormick arrived, gave a campaign stump address, and then handed out free sandwiches.

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    9 months ago

    Can someone explain to me what happened here? I read the story and I’m so confused.

    Why is a guy with two autistic children upset about an autism awareness event? Why did he give them free sandwiches and simultaneously tell them to fuck off?

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      It wasn’t an Autism awareness event, it was a campaign rally. They lied to the owner to be able to use the space. The store owner didn’t give out sandwiches, the candidate did. The store owner also didn’t ask them to leave, the pastor across the road did. This was all very clear from the words written.

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          I literally

          This is where your argument fell apart. If it wasn’t literally, how else were you going to find the part where the candidate lied about everything? You didn’t mention using your eyes and reading comprehension, and I worry one of those wasn’t in use.

          Also, there are a million better adverbs, and learning them is fun.

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          Republican: Can I show up to your business to host a [thing you care about deeply] event?

          Shows up, whole thing is about [ thing you fucking hate ]. Mentions your thing in passing.

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      The owner was asked if an autism-awareness event could be held at his business. He accepted, in part because he has family members with autism. After the event has gotten rolling, he realizes it’s actually a campaign event for the GOP and tells the guy to fuck off.

      Seems like they either deliberately went out of their way to hide what the event really was, or the business owner didn’t really bother to look up who was holding the event and put two-and-two together.

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        Isn’t it a good thing for a campaign event to host an autism awareness event tho, regardless of which side he’s on. Especially as someone with autistic children, it seems like that would be something he’d want to support

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          THERE WAS NO AUTISM EVENT.

          THE REPUBLICAN LIED BECAUSE HE KNEW THE RESTAURANT OWNER WOULD NEVER AGREE TO A CAMPAIGN EVENT.

          THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE EMOTIONALLY MANIPULATED THE RESTAURANT OWNER, TRICKING THE OWNER INTO HOSTING A CAMPAIGN EVENT.

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            I don’t know where you read that. If that were true, why wouldn’t the author clearly state that there was no autism event?

            Can you quote where the article says there was no autism event?

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              “Pressed by the newspaper about whether the campaign stop was an autism awareness event, Armstrong claimed “it’s always autism awareness because I’m an education advocate” and said she spoke to those gathered about autism at one point.” -the article.

              So there you have it. It WAS an autism event, because an “education advocate” said so.

              You are a rube or a troll, and my time has been wasted. Congrats.

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                  Lol, the article is quoting a Republican’s lies. If the article had quoted someone saying “Bigfoot is real”, does that mean the article said bigfoot is real?

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                    No, but I would expect the author to state clearly if we have data showing that Bigfoot is real or not, and on who the burden of proof lies