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A restaurant in Little Rock, Arkansas has become embroiled in controversy after the state’s Republican governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said she had been asked to leave.
“Last week, I was having lunch at a restaurant with two other mothers when the owner approached a member of the State Police Executive Protection Unit and told me that my presence made the employees feel threatened and I asked them to leave,” Sanders said in a statement to USA TODAY.
The restaurant in question, The Croissant Terry, responded to Sanders’ comments in a statement to local news station THV 11, saying that employees and other customers “question” the governor and his team’s continued presence at the restaurant.
“Leaving her in place risks being seen as lacking support for the community, which makes up a large part of our team, and their families and friends,” it said in a statement. “Ultimately, we made the decision to support the employees and guests who expressed their displeasure.”
The restaurant said in a statement that it “does not recall any comments made to indicate that anyone felt threatened,” adding that on two occasions, employees quietly asked the governor’s security personnel to leave and once offered drinks to the traveling team.
“We regret that we have been put in this position and had to make this difficult decision,” the store said in a statement. “However, we stand by our choice to support our employees and guests.”
USA TODAY contacted The Croissanterie on Friday, March 20, but did not receive a response.
Sanders’ 2019 incident at a Virginia-based restaurant
The incident at The Croissantry was not the only time Mr. Sanders was asked to leave a restaurant.
Back in 2019, when Sanders was White House press secretary during President Donald Trump’s first term, USA TODAY previously reported that the owner of a small restaurant in Virginia kicked him out of the business.
Red Hen co-owner Stephanie Wilkinson said in a Washington Post op-ed that she was harassed by Sanders after she asked him to leave the store.
“We balked when faced with the prospect of providing a fine meal to someone whose actions we felt in service to our country violated basic standards of humanity. We couldn’t do it,” Wilkinson said.
Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Contact us at fernando.cervantes@usatodayco.com and follow us at X @fern_cerv_.
