A customer wearing a Trump “Never Surrender” T-shirt hurled racist insults at employees at 5 Guys hamburger restaurant at 2480 U.S. Highway 6 in Grand Junction on the evening of Election Day, Nov. 5, calling them “beaners” and “f*cking invaders.”
Aiden Renova, who worked at the restaurant and was present during the two minute-long confrontation, told KJCT that the man came into the establishment on election night to pick up an order and then asked one of the employees for whom he was voting.
“That‘s kind of a weird thing to bring up to someone [who’s] making your fries,” Renova told KJCT.
The employee replied that he voted for Kamala Harris. The man then called the employee a racial slur under his breath, and that’s when the employee pulled out his phone to record.
The incident was posted to “X” (formerly Twitter) and can be seen here.
A fuller report about the incident was published by The Daily Sentinel on November 7. It says Mario Quijano was one of the employees who video recorded the encounter. The Sentinel also says the woman who accompanied the man who insulted the employees is “associated with [Community Hospital] through their work with one of the hospital’s clinics.” The day after the incident, Five Guys fired the employees who had been harassed, essentially capitulating to their racist attacker who told employees in the video that he was going to get them fired.
Renova posted the following video on Instagram the next day with his account of the incident (WARNING – Profane speech):
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