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Chick-Fil-A Exec Arrested for Trying to Bring gun Through Airport Security

Dec. 5, 2012 7:20pm Becket Adams

TSA agents at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Georgia say they caught three people within two hours trying to take guns through a security checkpoint, WSB-TV Atlanta reports.

Interestingly enough, one of the three is an executive administrator with Chick-Fil-A:

“It began Monday when agents said around 10:45 a.m. they discovered a .380 handgun in Sheryl Rexrode’s carry-on as she went through security,” Channel 2 reports. “The Chick-Fil-A executive was arrested.”

Then at around 12:00 p.m., police arrested Derek Morgan for attempting to take a loaded .32 caliber handgun through a checkpoint.

Morgan forgot the gun was in his bag, according to his father.

“Less than an hour later, officers said Wendy Parker tried to take a .380 handgun through a checkpoint in her bag,” the same report notes. “Parker’s attorney said she didn’t know it was in there.”

“It was absolutely a mistake. She’s a sales rep. She brings the gun with her in her bag when she’s in her territory. She’s a woman just trying to make sure she’s safe,” Jay Jackson told Channel 2.

“She was going on a business trip and accidentally left it in there,” Jackson adds.

TSA agents have so far stopped 87 guns at Hartsfield-Jackson checkpoints this year, up from 69 last year.

Unsurprisingly, a few travelers are finding it hard to believe that someone can forget they’re carrying a gun.

“No. I don’t buy that you would forget it. That’s a pretty important thing to remember,” Robin Barfield told Channel 2.

However, others note that Georgia’s fairly lax gun carry laws could make it easy to forget you’re carrying one.

“I can see people being absent-minded because it’s just a part of their routine. They probably have their gun in their car,” said Jeff Coaxum.

But what about the three who were caught on Monday?

“Rexrode, Parker, and Morgan face charges of carrying a weapon in unauthorized locations. Rexrode got out of jail on a $10,000 bond. Parker and Norman received $5,000 bonds,” Channel 2 reports.

“The TSA once again is urging passengers to look through their bags before they come to the airport. In addition to going to jail and missing your flight, the TSA says you may also face civil penalties,” the report adds.

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vaman
Posted on December 6, 2012 at 8:20am
Looks like god is getting even for this fools hateful behavior.

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- kenboo1
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 11:20am
  If she didn’t know where her weapon was, how would she know where it is if/when she actually needed it… Owning a gun is a responsibility as well as a right…
  
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- IAMMADDOG
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 11:32am
  What hateful behavior?
  
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- SGinNC
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 11:34am
  What was God’s stance on Homosexuality again? That’s right he abhors it; So I guess you are the only foolish one here.
  
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- The_Cabrito_Goat
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 1:02pm
  This kind of thing happens a lot at airports. I can’t tell you how many times they’ve yelled at me for bringing toothpaste or shampoo (I’m NOT buying it where I land, that’s a waste of money)
  
  And in some states, lots of people carry guns. It’s pretty much the same thing. A lot of people use shampoo just like a lot of people carry guns. A simple error in assessment,
  
  BUT
  
  since this is an executive at Chik-Fil-a, and since The Blaze is devoted to anything CFA (to the point they had to make it an acronym)
  
  This becomes a front page story.
  
  It really shouldn’t. Not because it’s a CFA exec., but because it’s mundane and boring.
  
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k1ttt
Posted on December 6, 2012 at 7:58am
the no-gun zone shouldn’t start until after the checkpoint… otherwise why don’t they check you at the front doors, or at the parking lot entrance?? If they are carrying legally they should be turned around and told to repack the gun in their checked luggage properly or leave it home.

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- Favored93
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 10:57am
  Yup you are dead on right…This is just one more thing they are using to take our guns.
  
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- OlefromMN
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 6:42pm
  That is just too logical and reasonable for the TSA (or any government entity) to understand. It would take decades for them to figure out a training procedure for their employees, numerous seminars in tropical destinations planning implementation, more meetings in DC…
  
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Jake Dog2
Posted on December 6, 2012 at 3:08am
Can you say set-up

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- DMENTED
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 5:16am
  It’s a lovely day in the gulag.
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 6:22am
  It is what it is!
  But why the discrepancy in bond? I missed that part.
  
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christianUSA
Posted on December 6, 2012 at 3:06am
Opinion in communist countries disfavored persons are arrested for bogus crimes publicly reported by authorities; in such countries skepticism and caution is valuable.

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Keatonc33
Posted on December 6, 2012 at 12:00am
HAHA oh my God! how big of an idiot do you have to be to try and bring a gun on a plane? you can’t even bring bottles of water on most flights.. unbelievable!

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- joeymagila
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 12:11am
  What kind of an idiot doesn’t have reading comprehension? There was no intent. When someone is used to carrying a gun, its not a shock they might forget it is with them. For a dumb-ass liberal who has never seen a gun, I know you find that hard to believe.
  
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- Maxim Crux
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 2:25am
  Your right to be bear arms does not stop at airports although I would agree that holes in a pressurized airplane do seem to have a negative effect. Even still, the facts state that most suicidal people do not really want to commit self destruction anyway so they are not probable to carry a gun on an airplane anyway. Am I wrong…then how come there have been very few flights where people have pulled guns and brought aircraft down. Governments bring down more flights than the people that just want to get from place to place. It is simply a fact.
  
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Dseosg
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 10:53pm
I loved what Michaelmoron said…. so true.
If two armed Chick-fil-A executives would have been able to board planes on September 11th, 2001, maybe the towers would still be standing.

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- michaelmoron
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 12:02am
  Thx DSEOSG
  
  I just had a thought.
  
  1) Make planes fuselages and pilot cabins bullet and bomb-proof
  
  2) Allow passengers and pilots to execise their second amendment rights
  
  This would eliminate the TSA, DHS and give us our Constitutional rights back.
  
  People should demand this be done.
  
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- banjarmon
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 12:52am
  Well said…Packing on a plane prevents Terrorist from hi-jacking the plane. A GUN behind every seat!!!!
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 2:08am
  It’s only a matter of time before we’re all forced to be naked & heavily sedated while flying.
  
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- DMENTED
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 5:18am
  Makes me wanna start flying again. Woo-hoo!
  
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ChiefGeorge
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 10:30pm
I can see that it ould be had to forget and I saw a collegue once lose his job with us for the same reason on business travel. He used his briefcase for the lock travel case to go to the range and totally forgot it was in there when he went thru seucurity. It happens in a country wit 300mil ppl. So lets get real.

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soap on a rope
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 10:15pm
I’d like to know what led to Rexrode getting a higher bail amount.

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- nzkiwi
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 12:24am
  Payback…
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 2:14am
  “flight risk” ?
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpaOy8b8X6A
  
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watashbuddyfriend
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 9:07pm
…man needs his gun on his side to protect himself from the elements!

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ktmrider1
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 9:05pm
see, see, chickafil is out to kill homosexuals thats why the exec is pakn

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neverending
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:40pm
2nd term for the Commie is gonna have all kinds of wonderful surprises because he has just been totally loosed and like he said much more flexibility after he was re-elected. Congrats again to the sorry sob’s that gave him the opportunity to finish the transformation of America.

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- rickc34
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 9:00pm
  Not one TSA agent arrested for molesting little kids and old people. Obama has their back.
  
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- Ohello
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 9:59pm
  Not a commie…. An islamo- commie of non-American heritage funded by islamo-communists (democrats and leeches)
  
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- Oldphoto678
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 1:14pm
  You are so welcome. I’ll do everything I can to screw you and your ilk.
  
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- Ohello
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 10:38pm
  Satan has been loosed, his minions roam DC and the halls of a once great nation. Judgment comes upon the USA and as in ancient times it comes as the result of Kings who do evil in the eyes of the Lord. Such is the legacy of Obama The Evil One.
  Only the Sword of Truth can defeat him. (Too bad swords are not allowed in society any longer)
  
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Immental
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:36pm
I feel for the man but i also would rather not have people bringing guns on an airliner with 21.7k gallons of fuel.

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- Ohello
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 9:56pm
  Oh foolish man…. Have you not learned that box cutters are sufficient in the hand of the evil ones?
  Why should the good remain defenseless? A short sword decreases depressurization risk. Brass knuckles protect the fist, and a Tazer stops evil with a box cutter.
  
  TSA should issue Tazers to CCW holders traveling by air and check the guns for return and Tazer trade-in. We are safer with sheep dogs on board.
  
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- joeymagila
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 12:13am
  You feel for the 1 man but not for the two women?
  
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manunited
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:18pm
chik-fil-a exec remember the ob admin dosen’t like them that’s why 10K bond

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- rickc34
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:26pm
  My thoughts exactly. Obama doe’s not like pro God people.
  
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- oldguy49
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:46pm
  rick….if she was muslim ………….no charge
  
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- joeymagila
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 12:17am
  Had one of them been a black, muslim woman who was lesbian she could carry a bazooka and not be questioned.
  
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Lordchamp
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:16pm
Stop flying and drive. Hit them in the purse strings and this TSA crap will stop. In most of the sane states it’s so easy to get multi-state concealed carry now it’s ridiculous not to have it. I refuse to fly for any reason. If I can’t make it driving, then I don’t make it.

It’s way past time to make some sacrifices to start regaining our freedoms folks.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:25pm
  I’m afraid that you do not understand this administration. In that event, the TSA will be moved more to the freeways, highways, along with bus and train stations.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0wNl66tT3Q
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:32pm
  Hi RJ
  The regime is already on the highways conducting illegal checkpoints,it’s getting bad folks,real bad.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBRbRMonjwY
  
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- Ohello
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 9:48pm
  This won’t stop until the Liberty Tree has been watered. But the gov’t has plans to do its own watering and destroy the tree. Learn from recent history ……to reverse the evil the evil must be destroyed.
  
  Then you ask…. Is it evil to destroy evil? Who made you God that you should know evil from good?
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:16pm
Here’s our Amerika,fundamentally transformed enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBRbRMonjwY

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:43pm
  Don’t worry folks when the dollar collapses our southern and northern borders will be sealed faster than you can say redistribution of wealth.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 2:23am
  Wow SLAYER…
  
  That’s creepy as hell. Helps to be aware of your rights. Kudos to this guy.
  
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Faith420
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:16pm
TSA doing their jobs, THANK YOU big Gov’t.

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- DMENTED
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 5:21am
  He should have been carrying it to protect himself from them.
  
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jungle J
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:02pm
Tsa has been taken over by the enemy within.

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- The Third Archon
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 12:52am
  The TSA was set up by George W. Bush–you can thank CONSERVATIVE fascists for its existence.
  
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- The_Cabrito_Goat
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 5:11am
  Progressive president. Conservative fascist is an oxymoron. The political wings have to do with size of government.
  
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- cathouseumbrella
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 10:55am
  No, the political wings actually don’t have to do with the size of government. The origin of the term “right wing” comes from French monarchists, hardly an example of small government.
  
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- The_Cabrito_Goat
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 1:04pm
  I’ll buy that, I actually thought the ‘wings’ were Chinese in origin (seriously, I heard someone say it and just believed it)
  
  Normally I look at anything French with derision. In this case, also.
  
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neiman1
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:55pm
An Illinois State Senator was arrested for the same offense at O’Hare yesterday.. Forgot his gun was in his bag

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- Cemoto78
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:12pm
  A politician from Illinois should be use to going to jail.
  
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- mercenary4freedom
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:37pm
  WOW, Congratulations TSA!! You.ve intercepted your first ever piece of contraband other than bottled water, breast milk, nail clippers, etc, that is not supposed to go onboard an aircraft. Great job, a couple of business folks forget they had their daily carry weapons in their bags and YOU busted em! Call in the lame stream media to pump up the story, get it on national news, and justify your existence & purpose in airports across america, viotating our 4th amendment rights!. Oh my, ,, guns, “hey boss, I found a gun, are you proud of me boss?” Run away, run away, a gun, a gun, scatter, hit the deck, a .380 pistol in a carry on bag. hahahahahahaha
  
  Sorry , I’m ranting. I know there are no guns allowed airside, just bustin balls, lol. Just bustin the pot bellied non sworn, untrained , un accountable TSA pedophile/perverts balls. As a matter of fact I’ve done it before and if I hadnt made a pit stop @ the head, and sorted thru my carryon for something, I’d have stepped right up to the feel up spot and radiation omitting device. I had to call my brother in law to swing back around and come get it from me.
  
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nostromo
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:55pm
I just returned from fort lauderdale and the tsa there are obnoxious. Two times in that airport, both times had run ins with tsa. First because I didnt put my belt in the basket and had the temerity to ask TSA which basket. The second when a slob tsa female wouldnt look at me and just kept waving her fat arm toward the x ray machine. I said what do you want me to do? She never looked at me and said anything just kept waving until the guy behind me said to go to the xray. Put fancy uniforms on morons and you get trouble. Someone else did it, but the shirts were brown, not blue.

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- LakeHartwellSailor
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:59pm
  Its common. Like my post says, I am at airports 2x a week; and what you described is SO typical. I
  
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drenfroe
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:48pm
Its crazy two had $5,000. fines and one singled out for $10,000 bond. Why so much more for the one? You’d have thought there wouldn’t be a charge in the first place due to the gun laws.

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- drs1969
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:56pm
  This is a way to shake-down average citizens. All the TSA workers combined aren’t worth $10,000.
  
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- nzkiwi
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:17pm
  The TSA are Obama supporters and the first one, Ms Rexrode, is a Chick-Fil-A executive. Chick-Fil-A had that pre-election confrontation over gays (sort of) and are clearly not Obama supporters. I don’t think that this would be in the news if Ms Rexrode were not an executive of that company.
  
  So, as Valerie Jarret has said; payback.
  
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LakeHartwellSailor
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:48pm
Apparently a state senator from Illinois got caught by TSA with a handgun in his carry-on luggage at O’Hare. I have a C&C license for Georgia and am at the ATL airport 2x a week. I am careful to make sure my weapon is secured in the car before I go into the terminal.

If you own a weapon; take it seriously.

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- LakeHartwellSailor
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:57pm
  Of course, I check my bag every week, and it is not a big deal to bring a handgun with you on your trip. All you have to do is lock it in a pistol case and put it in your checked bag. You do have to declare it; but that’s not a big deal either. My C&C is good in the state of Missouri, which is where I travel every week; but I don’t go out at night in St. Louis; so I do not feel the need to bring my weapon. However, I like it in the car in case I have a breakdown between the airport and the house. It’s a trip that’s just short of 2 hours.
  
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michaelmoron
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:45pm
If two armed Chick-fil-A executives would have been able to board planes on September 11th, 2001, maybe the towers would still be standing.

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- DadRocked
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 9:03pm
  MichaelMoron – You’re not implying that most issues on aircrafts are addressed by regular civilian passengers are you? :-)
  
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- michaelmoron
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 10:35pm
  lol. That is exactly what I was implying :p
  
  Lets roll….
  
  I believe that the Constitution Applies in the friendly skies. :-)
  
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GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:27pm
Stupid people, thinking they had both 2nd and 4th amendment rights! What country do they think they live in anyway?!?

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:38pm
  Bad comrades.
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:41pm
  Amerika!
  
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:49pm
  I smell a mega-sized rat going on here with the TSA. We have no freedoms left.
  
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denkat56
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:27pm
Quick call bob costas

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kickagrandma
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:25pm
Well thank goodness the bs – a is on top of things.

One would think the stolen election and the traitorous congress would warrant some close scrutiny, hmmm? I mean, there’s Chick-fil-a executive and then there are ENEMIES OF THE COUNTRY. hellloooo bs-a!

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