Cheesecake Factory Says Miami MAGA Hat Incident Being "Overblown"
The Daily Wire, Ben Shapiro's nonsense news site, broke the story and somehow claimed the employees had set up a "lynch mob" around the MAGA-wearing patron, and other right-wing outlets have claimed the incident was an "attack" — but many of these claims haven't held up under basic levels of scrutiny.
Now, following Joseph's appearance on Fox & Friends, the Cheesecake Factory — the Cheesecake Factory! — is clapping back and tweeted out a statement this morning claiming that either Joseph or the right-wing media is blowing the story out of proportion. The company says that only two employees made "disparaging remarks" about Joseph's MAGA hat and that
the restaurant's surveillance cameras don't appear to back up much of what Joseph is telling people.
"We are taking this situation seriously, however,
not all of the information reported by the media accurately portrays what occurred," the restaurant said around 10:30 this morning. "The situation may have been exacerbated by an all-staff meeting that took place during our shift change between our staff members working the lunch and dinner shifts — which may have been perceived as a crowd gathering near the guests' tables."
