Remember the conservatives who chastised Cindy McCain for speaking well of Joe Biden? In Texas, once you're outside bright-blue Houston and Austin, you can throw a rock in any direction and you will find a cousin of those folks -- if you hit anyone at all, of course. Rural is rural.
The owner of San Antonio's Noodle Tree restaurant, Mike Nguyen, caught the eye of that critical, partisan-Republican group when, last Wednesday, he criticized Governor Abbott's decision to do away with public COVID19 restrictions.
“Greg Abbott doesn’t have the Texas people’s interests in play,” Nguyen told CNN in an interview. “He only cares about himself at this point.” He continued, "Dropping the mask mandate will not help the economy, will not help us open. And a lot of us feel he's putting…us in danger.”
Being South Asian and owning a noodle shop was enough to make him Chinese in his vandals' eyes. “Go back 2 China,” "Kung Flu," “No masks,” and other such witticisms, scrawled in red spray paint, covered the windows and outdoor benches of his restaurant when he came to work on Sunday.
Still, the day's diners had to wait only an additional hour for their meals while Nguyen and his friends -- joined by increasing numbers of well-wishing strangers -- worked to wash off the spray paint.
Nguyen told a local news station that he's used to the racism. He says he's actually half Vietnamese and half French.
"If they don’t want to wear a mask that’s okay,” he said, in a kind of verbal shrug. "They can dine outside or order to go.”
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/543165-texas-restaurant-covered-in-racist-graffiti-after-owner-speaks?rl=1&fbclid=IwAR135aWpp-XlVBbVlnPvyqYuDoR_n0vkZYXUhfahfTH-bM2Z_CxwbEuZ3DA
https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/noodle-tree-restaurant-vandalized-overnight-with-racist-
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