The Daily Populous Monday September 30th, 2024 evening edition
Authored by telegraph.co.uk and submitted by TheTelegraph

A sandwich shop made a meal out of an unannounced visit by JD Vance, turning the vice-presidential candidate away during a campaign pitstop.

The senator attempted to gain entry into Primanti Bros in North Versailles, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but was denied by staff, alarmed at the sudden arrival of his entourage.

The 90-year-old business subsequently reversed course to serve Mr Vance and his team, avoiding threats of a boycott from customers inside the store who had wanted to meet Donald Trump’s running mate.

Mr Vance told supporters outside in the parking lot afterwards that the outlet and its staff were blameless, calming down any tensions. Pennsylvania is a key swing state in the November election and the last thing Mr Vance – or the restaurant for that matter – will have wanted is a riot over a sandwich in a state where every vote will count.

He said: “The manager just freaked out a little bit because there were a lot of people, and she didn’t want to make her restaurant part of a campaign stop.

“We went in there. We paid for everybody’s food. We gave them a nice tip. And of course when I gave them a nice tip I said ‘no taxes on top’.”

EdFitz1975 on September 30th, 2024 at 08:28 UTC »

The real story here is that his dumbass team didn't call ahead to give notice or put in an order with this business in advance. Gives the impression of a bunch of entitled elites who have never worked in the service industry before and have no idea how it works.

No_nukes_at_all on September 30th, 2024 at 08:00 UTC »

> “Without any advance notice, today’s campaign stop caused some momentary confusion for our staff. However, Senator Vance and his team were welcomed into our restaurant shortly after and engaged with our guests inside and on the property."

right wing media trying to paint a picture of hostility towards Vance&Trump when the real reason was their own lack of organisation...

Angry-Dragon-1331 on September 30th, 2024 at 07:06 UTC »

Is this their new strategy? Bully places into letting them host campaign events without notice?