On June 17 Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL) was caught on video shouting at a local diner owner and threatening retaliation for his daring to hang a campaign poster for her potential opponent, Republican Primary candidate Deborah Adeimy.
Richard Kline, owner of City Diner in West Palm Beach, Florida, says that he has happily served Frankel for many years as a customer, despite completely disagreeing with her politics.
Kline believes Frankel was made aware of the poster by a customer who questioned Kline’s son, who works at the diner, about the poster shortly before Frankel arrived that day.
The campaign poster includes a line that reads: “Retire Lois Frankel.”
“Not 10 minutes later did Lois come crashing through the door,” says Kline. “She didn’t come to eat. Because she comes with her elderly mother when she comes to eat. It’s a whole different mindset.”
“She came in looking around with her dark sunglasses. She was looking for that picture.”
“Finally she found it,” says Kline, “and she started freaking out.”
Kline says he could hear Frankel yelling from the back of the restaurant, and came out after she asked to see the owner.
The remainder of the altercation was caught on video by Kline’s son.
Kline verified the authenticity of the below video distributed by Adeimy’s campaign: