October 05, 2012 07:38 AM UTC

Romney supporter's death threats to Denver restaurant via Westword

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• by: wade norris

( – promoted by Colorado Pols)

From Daily Kos:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/…

This story

http://blogs.westword.com/cafe…

circulated by Westword has gotten a local Restaurant which happens to be Mexican and Mormon into the scopes of all the crazies across the country….

The Mormon owners of a Mexican cafe in Denver say that they have gotten death threats, hate calls and fake orders after refusing to allow Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to make campaign stop at their restaurant.

“One person who called said, ‘Watch your back. We know where live and we’re going after you,'” Oscar Aguirre, the son of the owners of Rosa Linda Mexican Cafe, told KMGH New Media Producer Wayne Harrison. “We just didn’t want our business used as a campaign stop.”

more below….

http://www.thedenverchannel.co…

He said many callers [who made harassing or threatening phone calls] believe Rosa Linda refused to serve Romney because of a story in [Westword, the local paper] that said Romney “wasn’t invited” to eat at the restaurant.

“That’s not true,” he said. “We just didn’t want our business used as a campaign stop.”

Aguirre, who is Mormon and whose parents are Mormon, was contacted on Aug. 6 about a possible campaign stop by Romney. […]

“It was presented to us that (Romney) wanted to do a political stump here. (He wanted to) talk about our small business (and) because we share our religious views with the candidate and are Latinos it would be great for him to do a campaign stop,” Aguire said. “We did say ‘no’ because we are not Republicans, nor are we Democrats. We will welcome any sitting President of the United States. But, we did not want to be a campaign stop.”

In addition to death threats, Aguirre said the family-run restaurant has had to deal with canceled orders and reservations. […]

“Since the Westword article came out, hate mail has been coming in from people across the country — people sending us death threats and people calling us telling us we are racist — that they hope we go out of business,” he said.

“Last year, we fed 5,500 free meals (video below). This year, we may serve above 6,000 free meals. Please let the American public know that we are not racist or bigots. We are just a working family wanting to help our community and our country by serving those in need,” he said, adding, “Please stop the hate.”

For those of you concerned that a local eatery who chose to be a-political in an election year – which many businesses must do in order to follow the (hated) advice of never talking about religion or politics, and whom now are being targeted with death threats and loss of business, would you please buy a gift certificate and show them that being a-political is not a crime?

https://rosalinda.boomtime.com…