After refusing to condemn the Biden border crisis for weeks, Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York finally weighed in — but she blamed the United States for the influx of illegal aliens and demanded that migrant families get taxpayer-funded “reparations.” The former bartender made the absurd remarks during a virtual town hall Wednesday when…
Customers seated inside Corduroy Restaurant in Vancouver, British Columbia, were caught on cellphone video chanting "Get out!" at health inspectors who had entered the establishment to issue closure orders over COVID-19 violations, Global News reported.
Soon after the chant began and quickly grew louder, the officials turned tail and left — after which cheering and applause erupted. The confrontation took place Saturday, CBC News said.
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What are the details?
British Columbia last Monday ordered a three-week ban on indoor dining to combat a third wave of the COVID-19 virus, Global News said, adding that a business can be fined $2,300 while individuals can be fined $575 for non-compliance — and there’s a separate fine for belligerent behavior related to enforcement of COVID-19 orders.
With that, a liquor coordinator and provincial health officers entered Corduroy Restaurant and issued a a full closure order Saturday, Vancouver police told the outlet.
And video apparently of that very same event showed officials — seemingly the only people wearing masks — in the restaurant laying down the law to owner Rebecca Matthews, Global News said.
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Matthews tells the officials — who are handing her numerous papers — that they’re trespassing on private property and that she doesn’t recognize their jurisdiction, the outlet added.
Soon diners began their "Get out!" chant. Seconds later, one of the officials turned, raised his hand at a colleague as if to signal surrender, and they walked out the door.
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Cheers and applause quickly followed.
Matthews told Global News she intends to continue defying the ban since she needs the income from her business to feed her family. She added that the province is unfairly targeting restaurants while allowing other businesses to stay open, the outlet noted.
Matthews added to Global News that she doesn’t see a difference between indoor and outdoor dining. And during a "save small business" rally Friday, she questioned the reliability of COVID-19 testing and called for the end of restrictions she said were doing more harm than the virus, the outlet reported.
What do the powers that be have to say?
Vancouver Coastal Health told Global News that "any alleged violations of closure orders are taken very seriously and are thoroughly investigated."
Health Minister Adrian Dix added to the outlet that he’s "frustrated with the behavior [at the restaurant]. No one misunderstands the rules. We are enforcing that closure order, and it is being enforced right now, and it will be enforced."
Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth on Saturday called Corduroy Restaurant’s non-compliance "disgraceful" and said besides receiving fines businesses also can have their liquor or business licenses pulled.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) wrote a letter asking Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Rob Manfred to “relinquish his personal membership at Georgia’s Augusta National Golf Club” after MLB’s boycott of Georgia over their new voter ID laws.
“I am under no illusion that Major League Baseball will sacrifice business revenue on behalf of its alleged corporate values,” Rubio said. “Similarly, I am under no illusion you intend to resign as a member from Augusta National Golf Club. To do so would require a personal sacrifice, as opposed to the woke corporate virtue signaling of moving the All Star Game from Atlanta.”
“Taking the All-Star game out of Georgia is an easy way to signal virtues without significant financial fallout. But speaking out against the Chinese Communist Party would involve a significant loss of revenue and being closed out of a lucrative market.” Rubio concluded.
Rubio’s request comes amid reports Atlanta’s businesses will lose millions of dollars from the boycott. Tudy Rodney, a black business owner, called MLB’s decision “crushing.”
“We are trying to build back from a pandemic that happened last year, and something like this is not good for business,” Rodney told Fox 5 WAGA.
The economic impact may fall somewhere between $37 million and $190 million. “Some dispute the high-end of those projections, it’s safe to say the city – especially lower-wage workers who would have worked the event – would have benefited greatly,” Breitbart News reported.
The announcement of MLB’s relocation came Friday after President Joe Biden “strongly”
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