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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) joined a protest on Friday to keep Chick-fil-A restaurants closed on Sundays in response to a proposed New York bill that would require restaurants at rest stops to be open seven days per week.
“As if the insanity by the left couldn’t get any worse, Democrats in New York are trying to force @ChickfilA to open on Sundays…” wrote Graham in a social media post, attached to a photo of himself outside a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Manhattan. “I showed up to their Manhattan location today while visiting NYC to send a clear message: Hands off OUR Chick-Fil-A!”
The senator concluded his post by calling on supporters to, “Join me in this fight!”
Graham received both criticism and ridicule on social media for taking part in the stunt 700 miles away from his own state of South Carolina.
“Even when Lindsey Graham says the right things he still manages to look like an absolute fool,” reacted conservative journalist Ben Kew, while former Marco Rubio adviser Gregg Nunziata tweeted, “People in public life, of course, have to pick their battles. They should be judged by the fights they choose and those they do not.”
Graham also received criticism for failing to state that the proposed bill would only apply to restaurants at rest stops, where drivers require service seven days per week.
“Dear Senator Moron: The law is: if you get one of the monopolies on the NY State Thruway you have to be open seven days a week for the sake of the drivers who have nowhere else to eat,” wrote Keith Olbermann.
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