In the wake of a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, that left 13 U.S. service members dead, a Florida diner is asking voters who cast their ballot for President Joe Biden to take their business elsewhere.
Angie Ugarte, the owner of the DeBary Diner, put up a sign on the front door that reads, āIf you voted for and continue to support and stand behind the worthless, inept and corrupt administration currently inhabiting the White House that is complicit in the death of our servicemen and women in Afghanistan, please take your business elsewhere.ā
Ugarte told Fox 35 Orlando, āIt was the only thing I felt like I could do.ā
She added that she put the sign up after the attack because āI was just angry. I was just let down. I felt like one of those mothers, or wives, or sisters who were gonna get that knock on the door.ā
She explained that a lot of her customers are veterans and noted that the diner has a whole wall dedicated to the military.
āIf you really, really still stand behind whatās allowed this to happen and the way it happened ā which was unnecessary, then I really donāt want to be associated with you in any way, and I certainly donāt want your business,ā Ugarte said.
She also said that some people ācome to the door and look at and turn around and walk away,ā while others have told her they āloveā it.
On Thursday, a suicide bombing at the Kabul airport killed 13 U.S. service members and scores of Afghans as the U.S. was rushing to evacuate people following the Talibanās takeover of Afghanistan.
Biden hailed the slain service members as heroes and vowed to hunt down the individuals behind the attack.
āTo those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes America harm, know this: We will not forgive, we will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay,ā Biden said.