Gym Owner Kicks Army Vet Out Over “Racist” Trump T-Shirt

I think a PRIVATE business owner should be able to kick out a patron for whatever reason they want. This is their turf.

But THIS?

I’m not complaining about Liz Drew’s RIGHT to kick Staff Sgt. Jake Talbot out of her gym. I’ll stand by that regardless.

I’m just SO FRUSTRATED with the fact that it’s come to this.

What was Staff Sgt. Talbot’s RAAAACIST shirt?

A Trump shirt. That’s all. Just a shirt supporting our President.

According to Daily Wire:

Staff Sgt. Jake Talbot posted a short video to Facebook on Sunday recalling the incident. “The owner, Liz, came up to me and said that the Trump shirt I had on was offensive and said I needed to remove it in order to work out there, and that it is linked to racism,” Talbot said. “I hate the word, its used way too loosely. It’s 2019, get the hell over it, it’s not racism.”

Not even CLOSE.

Talbot said he was wearing a blue “Trump for President 2016” shirt at CDY Fitness, a gym in Troy, at the time of the incident.

Yup. Clearly supporting our PRESIDENT is “racism” now.

LIBERALS HAVE KILLED THAT WORD. EVERYTHING THEY DON’T LIKE IS RACISM. WE’RE GONNA NEED A NEW WORD FOR TRUE RACISM, BECAUSE “RACISM” HOLDS NO WATER ANYMORE.

“I was just puzzled there for a second. She said that it was racist and represents racism and that’s when I when I was like, ‘Oh, you’re done,'” Talbot told CBS KMOV4. “This country is free, like, that’s what I fight for, is freedom,” he added.

BINGO.

The gym owner, identified as Liz Drew by The Washington Post, told KMOV4 that she approached Talbot because the Trump shirt “made several members uncomfortable.”

In a Facebook post, Drew said CDY Fitness “shouldn’t be a political forum for anyone.”

“It shouldn’t have been brought up at all, at the gym,” Talbot said.

“It doesn’t bother me to wear the shirt – it’s not gonna affect me. It’s just the racist part she brought up that I just do not like,” he reiterated.

Drew released a statement to the gym’s Facebook page, which appears to have been removed from Facebook.

“I am deeply saddened by the amount of hate this event has garnered,” the statement said, as reported by KMOV4. “I will personally and publicly continue to defend my stance for tolerance and against hate no matter the financial consequence… Allow me to clarify. I don’t believe our gym should be a political forum for anyone. I want everyone to feel safe and comfortable there. We are all trying to improve ourselves and work hard to change.”

Fair enough. Gyms aren’t a place to get political. They’re a place to get SWOLE. (Lolololol) I spend 15 hours a day POLITICKING and if someone brought politics up at the gym to me I’d look at them like this:

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Would I get butthurt over working out next to someone with an Obama shirt on?

No. No, I wouldn’t. BECAUSE I’M A FREAKING ADULT.

I’m curious if the gym owner would kick someone out for an Obama or Hillary shirt, or if those simply aren’t offensive enough.