Pro-Trump candidate denied from having fundraiser at Franklin Hills (Detroit) Country Club

[DonViejo]

UPDATED: JUN 28 2018 07:29AM EDT

(WJBK) - Congressional hopeful Lena Epstein says she was refused from having a political fundraiser at the Franklin Hills Country Club.

When FOX 2 knocked on their door to ask them about it, before we could even ask for comment - they asked us to leave and ushered us to the door.

Recently, two of President Donald Trump's appointees - and now a local politician -have been ousted from establishments for their politics.

"It makes me sad that my political beliefs were the reason that the event was cancelled," said Epstein. She's a Republican running for the 11th District U-S Congress seat. Before this run, she co-chaired President Trump's Michigan campaign.

Because of that, she says her fundraiser, which was all set up for Wednesday night at the Franklin Hills Country Club, was cancelled by the venue. Her politics were cited as the reason. "I got a call late on Friday night that the board had unanimously voted to cancel our event," she said.

Her rival running on the Democrat side, Suneel Gupta, hosted his fundraiser at Franklin Hills Country Club last month. Epstein says her family, who founded the uber-successful Vesco Oil, has been a member at the club for generations.

"I grew up at the club, my daughter swims in the pool, my husband and I golf there. It's where we have our Sunday night dinners," she said. "It's a huge part of who I am. So this situation was very painful."

The club had no comment, and told us to leave.

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[demtenjeep]

1. womp womp

#8645

[TheRealNorth]

4. This

[JI7]

2. We never got this type of whining when it happened to Biden

[wcmagumba]

3. One thing you can say about the thugs...

they sure are whiners...

[tblue37]

6. So much whining that we get tired of all that whining. nt

[VOX]

7. Whining is their lifestyle. And yet they call us the "snowflakes."

And everywhere you turn, there’s a right-winger screaming about people speaking Spanish, or anything that challenges their tiny, ever-shrinking never-never-land world.

[C_U_L8R]

5. It's a freakin' country club

Stop whining and go rent a wedding hall or something.
They are under no requirement to host your silly political fundraiser.

[Blue_true]

8. That actually is surprising.

You would guess the board is heavily, if not all republican, it sounds like a plush country club. Maybe they just don't like her ass and it's not really about politics. Maybe every single one is a never Trumper to the core and can't stand her sucking up to him.

[Initech]

9. The pro Trump candidates where I live both lost bigly!

So we don't have to worry about that. And this is a heavily pro Trump area too! The tide is turning!

[Cha]

10. Ohhh.. Fucking Feckless FAKE NEWS supporter has

a sad BOOFUCKINGHOO

[struggle4progress]

11. Maybe the local sewage treatment plant is still unbooked that day

[smirkymonkey]

12. Cry me a river!

[roamer65]

13. Wow...a country club rejects a pro-Dumpster?

Amazing. We are really down the rabbit hole now.

[gratuitous]

14. Dearie me! How very uncivil

Everyone should open their doors to Nazis, serve them with your best, widest smile, and cheerfully hop to when you're ordered into the camps. Otherwise you'll hurt their feelings, and that's just oh so wrong.

And here's how you tell it's wrong: You feel better seeing these Nazis shunned by decent society, and you're not supposed to feel better. You're supposed to feel discouraged and hopeless. That's how you know you're walking the Holy Journey of Political Purity.

I wish Frank Bruni were here to tell us all how terrible this is.

[sheshe2]

15. Crrrrry Baby

"I grew up at the club, my daughter swims in the pool, my husband and I golf there. It's where we have our Sunday night dinners," she said. "It's a huge part of who I am. So this situation was very painful."

Honey, suck it up.

[Initech]

16. I don't really care. Do u?