ASHEVILLE, NC (FOX Carolina) A local tow truck driver said he refused to tow a woman’s car after he saw Bernie Sanders stickers on the vehicle.
Kenneth Shupe said he was called to pick up a woman stranded on I-26 in Asheville on Monday.
When he saw “a bunch of Bernie Sanders stuff” he said he told the woman, “very politely,” that he could’t tow her car because she was “obviously a socialist” and advised her to “call the government” for a tow.
“Every business dealing in recent history with a socialist minded person I have not gotten paid,” Shupe said. “Every time I deal with these people I get ‘Berned’ with an ‘e’ not a ‘u’.”
Shupe, who runs Shupee Max Towing in Travelers Rest, said he is a conservative Christian who supports Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Shupe said he has drawn a line in the sand not to do business with Bernie Sanders’ supporters.
Sanders is running for president in 2016 on the Democratic ticket.
“I respect their beliefs, and I hope they respect my views,” Shupe said Wednesday.
The woman’s mother Kelle McWade posted an angry message on Facebook after the incident, calling Shupe a bigot.
“Trump’s motto is ‘Make America Great Again’,” McWade said. “And this kind of divisive behavior is not going to make America great again.”
Below is Kelle McWade’s public post:
Heads up, friends…. Cass had a wreck in Asheville yesterday. She is fine, but the car was not driveable. We called our mechanic who was tied up in Easley at the time, so he sent ShupeeMax Towing to get her. Kenneth Shupee drove from Travelers Rest to Asheville, hooked up her car, and when he went around to the back, he came back and told her that he wouldn’t tow her because she had a Bernie sticker on the back of the car. HE LEFT HER ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE IN NC, and DROVE AWAY. Spread this bigot’s story far & wide. Btw, I’m guessing he’s a Trump supporter. The only difference is that the Don would have taken the money, because he at least realizes that liberals’ money spends just the same as anyone else’s. Dumb (expletive) cost himself money driving all the way to Asheville & back for nothing. (Expletive).
Greenville Attorney Steve Sumner weighed in on the situation saying,”We may not like it and we may not agree with it but I don’t believe any laws were broken.”
Sumner said unlike race, sexuality, and religion, political affiliation is not a protected class.
“As long as there is no contract between the driver and the tow truck company then there is no legal obligation for the tow truck company to pick her up,” Sumner said.
Isn’t it wonderful the way the Obama administration has healed our divisions and left us a peaceful and unified nation?
Tow their cars? Hell no. And lets stop feeding socialist parasites and heating their homes. Let Bernie, Hillary and their army of socialist freeloaders do that. But seriously, based on my understanding of history, these issues will not be resolved at the ballot box but only through a civil war which is coming sooner than most people realize. And then we will see how all those socialists and feminists perform on the battlefield.
Hope wdg is wrong but think he’s right.
“Dumb (expletive) cost himself money driving all the way to Asheville & back for nothing. (Expletive).”
—–The Stoopid bitch’s mother
She’s got a point there. Maybe we should take up a TBP collection to reimburse Shupe. Then she would really “feel the Bern”
Well it’s his money to waste.
Sounds as though he figured the money he spent getting there was already wasted, since he expected to get stiffed for the fee and just decided to cut his losses. I don’t blame him. Fuck a buncha socialists, anyway.
What a petty ass-wipe. I hope the next left-leaning doctor that sees him at emerg spots his Trump logo hat and lets him bleed to death.
I don’t see what the problem is, why didn’t she just call a Bernie supporter towing Co. OH wait; all those people are on welfare or living in their mothers basement. OK never mind,
Sumner said unlike race, sexuality, and religion, political affiliation is not a protected class.
Note to self: political affiliation is not a protected class.
Send her walking, like a good communist. Communists hate cars anyway.
Just another micro-aggression for the little snowflake.
“As long as there is no contract between the driver and the tow truck company then there is no legal obligation for the tow truck company to pick her up,” Sumner said.
The guy that towed my van – AV Towing – was a great guy. He didn’t ask what party I belonged to or what my religious preference is. He asked for my credit card and once he got the okee-doke, he hooked up the van and pulled it onto his truck bed. I believe at the time he responded, we had an understanding that he would tow my car and since he asked for payment first, we had a contract.
I would call this a dereliction of duty. WTF is a ‘conservative Christian’? There is no such sect. He can claim to be a Christian who happens to be conservative but when I was in third grade, our teacher told us this country was founded on the principle of separation of church and state.
What a moron, he gives the worst testimony and he shouldn’t taint Christianity with his adulterated ‘faith’.
EC, I totally agree with you. When I was a contractor, I tried to not work for lawyers, they were usually problematic. That’s not the same as being in an emergency service business. What kind of scumbag leaves a woman on the side of the road?
IndenturedServant’s rule for life #5………Always keep the bastards guessing!
First off, unless I’m getting paid, I never advertise for anyone or any company. I don’t buy logo emblazoned shirts for $30 over the plain jane price and I sure as hell don’t display my opinions, loyalties and affiliations on the back of my car. If someone needs to know something about me they can ask and I can decide how much I want them to know.
Your NRA sticker lets people know where they can get a free gun. Your stick figure family tells ’em how many dogs you have. What other messages are you telegraphing? Sweet dreams!
Perfect response. All the socialists, government workers, and banksters should be shunned by the rest of society. Don’t do business with these people. They want us to take their money while they are working against every small business owner and working man in this country. Fuck them. Let them fend for each other.
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Just heard this story on local radio.
I agree 100% with this dude. Let the fuckers take care of each other. Put the pressure on, hit ’em in the pocketbook also. I refuse to do bidness with a Hillary supporter. They are not welcome in my house either. Although there aren’t too many of ’em in western NC.
Ashville is a libtard cesspool. Good on the hook operator who told that retarded bitch to feel the burn.
They actually did the driver a favor by posting this to their friends on facebook, now their facebook “friends” will not be calling him for a tow, and he will be spared being stiffed by them. And he spend hist time and money catering to paying customers.
I think this article is crap. The woman called him, not the govt, and who doesnt take your money via phone or other digital device? I am suppose to believe he is getting stiffed by his own stupidity and by taking IOUs?
The tow truck driver said he did not want to get “Berned” and not get paid. 😉
So many people who haven’t been told that nothing in life is truly free. Those stupid kids supporting him would end up as slaves with the tax’s they would pay.
Good for that tow truck operator.
I also have problems with anyone who would support that Hillary bitch. Morons.
Yahsure, morons is actually a term of endearment here at TBP.
I believe Stucky posted a comprehensive list.
Or you can look up the alternative list under “What do you call your penis?”
On a good day, I can’t get 3 thumbs up yet I can get 17 thumbs down without breaking a sweat.
Dumb sister-fuckers that think Trump is going to save their ass.
Amen to this driver. He knows a filthty communist jew scum when he sees it.
Really sad to see this from a tow truck driver. It is a really tough job but this is not called for no matter what. When people need help and a person can give the help then they should help. Sad to see this reaction to someone. If he believes so strongly he could have taken the time to make his case to her while helping her. Who knows, she may have been more inclined to listen as a result of his kindness.