BETO O’ROURKE CALLS FOR BAN ON BANG-BANG SHRIMP

BETO O’ROURKE CALLS FOR BAN ON BANG-BANG SHRIMP FROM BONEFISH GRILL

September 16, 2019

Democrat Presidential candidate Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke today doubled down on his already strong gun control position by calling for the banning of the appetizer “Bang Bang Shrimp” from the popular seafood restaurant “Bonefish Grill.”

Invoking the Parkland shooting victims and others, O’Rourke said at a campaign stop in Keokuk Iowa, “I’m here to tell you, the blood of countless shooting victims is crying out today against this outrage. There is nothing funny about the mocking of the deaths of so many innocent people as customers smile when ordering ‘Bang Bang’ Shrimp.”

 Bonefish company spokesman Todd DeVriese responded by saying the name is a reference to a traditional spicy but creamy Asian recipe, and had nothing to do with the discharging of firearms, unlawful or otherwise. Undeterred, O’Rourke indicated that regardless of the origin of the name, “too many people have been killed by guns in this country for any of us to be celebrating something called ‘Bang Bang Shrimp.’ The only option we have is to enforce zero tolerance against Bang Bang Shrimp until the scourge of gun violence is at an end.”

President Trump responded in a series of tweets, “I’d like to thank that stone-cold phony Robert Francis O'Rourke for helping me win re-election . . . With him, you’d have to give up not only the Second Amendment but the First . . . And seriously, what kind of lunatic doesn’t love Bang Bang Shrimp?”


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Note: "Bonefish Grill" and "Bang Bang Shrimp" are trademarks of Bloomin' Brands, Inc.