Imagine a day without fake outrage, without some new solidarity hashtag or contrived boycott. What would that be like? The Left has too much time on its hands so we are unlikely to ever find out.
And if we ever do, it certainly won't be today, February 16, when pretentious eateries in a handful of major metropolitan areas plan to shutter for lunch, and in some cases for dinner, to prove to us all how horrible life would be without immigrants (illegal immigrants, actually, because no one objects to the legal ones). The site Uproxx provides a list of restaurants currently participating in the "strike":
Fueled by a word-of-mouth campaign, immigrants will take off work, abstain from school, and refrain from shopping. Instead, they’ll march through D.C. to remind the new regime that immigrants aren’t just important, they’re crucial for the continued health of this nation.
On Tuesday, The Washingtonian reported that some eateries would be limiting their hours or closing up shop completely to show solidarity with anyone leaving work to protest. Several restaurant owners made it clear that if customers were upset, they would have to understand that this is what happens when the immigrant population is threatened by the government. D.C. (and the rest of the country) can’t run without immigrants and the protest hopes to show that. While some restaurant operators say that they’ll be unaffected, others have decided to stand with their employees in solidarity.
In the DC Metro area, the restaurant BusBoys and Poets will close, despite the fact that a Trump supporter recently tipped one of its African American waitress hundreds of dollars, as will all of restaurateur Jose Andres’ establishments. Andres has long battled with Trump.
Andres told NPR "it was a very easy decision" to close his restaurants. Of course, because President Trump was forced to sue Andres after the celebrity chef broke with contract and pulled plans to establish a restaurant in Trump's D.C. hotel.
Celebrity chef Rick Bayless is also on the roster and said he will close four of his Chicago restaurants. Other famed eateries like Blue Ribbon Sushi in New York will also close.
NPR reports that "thousands of immigrants are skipping work; not shopping; not eating at restaurants, buying gas, or sending their children to school."
"LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis says immigrants, regardless of legal status, contribute 40 percent of LA County's gross domestic product: almost $300 billion a year. It's incumbent on us to be brave, which we're prepared to do," Solis said.
"To step up; to say to him, not in my house; not in my county; not in my state.'"
As usual, the Left is conflating immigrants who came to this country with a desire to be Americans, with illegal immigrants, because it makes for a decent hashtag on Twitter.
