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<p>In late July, a tourist visiting D.C. from Texas dined at Open City Cafe at Washington National Cathedral, where she claimed she felt discriminated against for her conservative beliefs. After an encounter with her server at the cafe, Jacqueline Johanning posted on Facebook Live about her experience, where she was &quot;treated horribly&quot; for having a Trump 2020 button on her backpack.</p><p>This is Jacqueline Johanning:</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="" data-attribution-url="https://www.facebook.com/jacqueline.c.johanning?__tn__=lC-R&amp;eid=ARBpKAN49hn-bqDHvQym3lh7RH_yMaKb2BWf9w3Mylgq-T7KZNvAa8dO4ADiRKf8nnDNF4vLzURk7Jbd&amp;hc_ref=ARSxnuommYSS9s_MI7xrZYE1B7SKVpmx8Tok6o6RtWKyLhzUR_582S0L6ccfVxMpjwQ&amp;__xts__[0]=68.ARAFBm7xnMH2vfbf_ml962kuYVher9GzjDTztvv6G7uF5IF6qEZirQ6oQaKZkb77U1Upq9O3MNjPRVt_T1bsoAX_DYazXrkANvirOWJSk0ABs2iPDkLe-1txtvK1PPrDWgQBhYfMJ5RjcQliCGZNIaLTvVqH_o6CvQjTL8jWipcgX_7QLMCyNCjAiavcxfseKVWJ3wPR_zGDdo9OjO0uxKyL4e12Ld4U5kJaAWrdJ1bOdi33TpOTwsCvUMuXln5i3q1Zp_llGCCRZOG7Ds2z3tFxIQPTsScYlg" height="598" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2019-08-07-at-121445-pm-rzjdop.png" width="600" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Johanning also posted this on Facebook:</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="" data-attribution-url="https://www.facebook.com/jacqueline.c.johanning" height="420" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2019-08-07-at-112219-am-X3iYoK.png" width="1000" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>According to <em><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/a-trump-supporting-customer-at-a-dc-cafe-claims-a-server-discriminated-against-her-the-server-says-she-just-answered-the-womans-question/2019/08/07/a0daa26e-b870-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html" target="_blank">The Washington Post</a></em>, the server has her own version of the story. In a video that has since been made private, the server explained that she only expressed her disapproval for the button because the women she was serving inquired what was wrong after noticing her face drop upon seeing it. When asked what was wrong, the server simply answered, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t appreciate that you&rsquo;re wearing that pin.&rdquo;</p><p>After this comment, the women asked the manager of the cafe to reimburse them, and he obliged. They said they felt unwelcome and &quot;discriminated against,&quot; to which the server responded, &quot;As a queer, low-income woman, it&rsquo;s funny to me you think that&rsquo;s discrimination.&quot;</p><p>Three days after the incident, the server was fired. Officials at Tryst Trading Company claim that the server was fired due to her overall performance, but she told <em>The Washington Post</em> that she believes the firing was directly linked to the incident with the Trump supporters, as she was sent home later that day and never put back on the schedule.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Open City Cafe made their own Facebook post, which read: &quot;There&rsquo;s enough politics in this town already; let&rsquo;s work to keep OCNC, your neighborhood cafe, a place where politics is kept off the menu.&quot;</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="" data-attribution-url="https://www.facebook.com/opencitycathedral/posts/1365649380278053" height="954" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2019-08-07-at-114557-am-SUtJ6e.png" width="986" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>And a few people left comments in support of the server in this situation and shaming the cafe for not taking its employee&#39;s side.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="" data-attribution-url="https://www.facebook.com/opencitycathedral/posts/1365649380278053" height="182" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2019-08-07-at-115336-am-iG4823.png" width="1000" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="" data-attribution-url="https://www.facebook.com/opencitycathedral/posts/1365649380278053" height="229" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2019-08-07-at-115345-am-qvPvyC.png" width="1000" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="" data-attribution-url="https://www.facebook.com/opencitycathedral/posts/1365649380278053" height="198" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2019-08-07-at-115354-am-3FUuQl.png" width="1000" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Johanning told <em>The Washington Post</em> that she didn&#39;t think the server should have been fired.</p><p>&quot;We don&rsquo;t have to hate each other just because of our political views,&rdquo; Johanning said. &ldquo;We can still be kind and .&thinsp;.&thinsp;. agree to disagree. Don&rsquo;t let that define us. I think the labels are preventing our vision.&quot;</p><p>The server said she didn&#39;t think Trump supporters should be unwelcome, have to leave, or be be banned, but she does think she had the right to state her opinion, and that they should realize their support for this president might get a reaction out of people.</p><p>As she put it, &quot;Speech goes two ways.&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Woman claims she was 'discriminated' against at café when server didn't like her Trump 2020 button.

In late July, a tourist visiting D.C. from Texas dined at Open City Cafe at Washington National Cathedral, where she claimed she felt discriminated against for her conservative beliefs. After an encounter with her server at the cafe, Jacqueline Johanning posted on Facebook Live about her experience, where she was &quot;treated horribly&quot; for having a Trump 2020 button on her backpack.This is Jacqueline Johanning:  Johanning also posted this on Facebook:  According to The Washington Post, the server has her own version of the story. In a video that has since been made private, the server explained that she only expressed her disapproval for the button because the women she was serving inquired what was wrong after noticing her face drop upon seeing it. When asked what was wrong, the server simply answered, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t appreciate that you&rsquo;re wearing that pin.&rdquo;After this comment, the women asked the manager of the cafe to reimburse them, and he obliged. They said they felt unwelcome and &quot;discriminated against,&quot; to which the server responded, &quot;As a queer, low-income woman, it&rsquo;s funny to me you think that&rsquo;s discrimination.&quot;Three days after the incident, the server was fired. Officials at Tryst Trading Company claim that the server was fired due to her overall performance, but she told The Washington Post that she believes the firing was directly linked to the incident with the Trump supporters, as she was sent home later that day and never put back on the schedule.Open City Cafe made their own Facebook post, which read: &quot;There&rsquo;s enough politics in this town already; let&rsquo;s work to keep OCNC, your neighborhood cafe, a place where politics is kept off the menu.&quot;  And a few people left comments in support of the server in this situation and shaming the cafe for not taking its employee&#39;s side.      Johanning told The Washington Post that she didn&#39;t think the server should have been fired.&quot;We don&rsquo;t have to hate each other just because of our political views,&rdquo; Johanning said. &ldquo;We can still be kind and .&thinsp;.&thinsp;. agree to disagree. Don&rsquo;t let that define us. I think the labels are preventing our vision.&quot;The server said she didn&#39;t think Trump supporters should be unwelcome, have to leave, or be be banned, but she does think she had the right to state her opinion, and that they should realize their support for this president might get a reaction out of people.As she put it, &quot;Speech goes two ways.&quot;

In late July, a tourist visiting D.C. from Texas dined at Open City Cafe at Washington National Cathedral, where she claimed she felt discriminated against for her conservative beliefs. After an encounter with her server at the cafe,...