SAN ANTONIO – Texas Sen. Ted Cruz took to Twitter to condemn local leaders for voting to exclude Chick-fil-A from the list of restaurants to be added to the San Antonio International Airport.
On Thursday, San Antonio City Council members voted 6-4 to exclude the popular faith-based fast food restaurant. On Friday, Cruz posted a news article about the vote to Twitter, saying, "Ridiculous."
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He doubled down on his comments Saturday, saying the decision was "not Texas."
The details of this story are even worse. San Antonio City Council voted to ban @ChickfilA from the airport bc the company gave to...the Fellowship of Christian Athletes & the Salvation Army?!? That’s ridiculous. And not Texas. #LeftistIntolerance https://t.co/ApTnlpS2E0
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 23, 2019
"The details of this story are even worse," Cruz said, tweeting a link to another story about the decision. "San Antonio City Council voted to ban @ChickfilA from the airport bc the company gave to...the Fellowship of Christian Athletes & the Salvation Army?!? That’s ridiculous. And not Texas. #LeftistIntolerance"
On Friday, District 1 Councilman Roberto Trevino, who made the motion to exclude Chick-fil-A from a food and beverage package deal at the airport, released the following statement:
“With this decision, the City Council reaffirmed the work our city has done to become a champion of equality and inclusion. San Antonio is a city full of compassion, and we do not have room in our public facilities for a business with a legacy of anti-LGBTQ behavior. Everyone has a place here, and everyone should feel welcome when they walk through our airport. I look forward to the announcement of a suitable replacement by Paradies.”
Paradies Lagardère operates stores and restaurants in airports, hotels and other locations in the U.S. and Canada.
Texas Values, a nonprofit organization that said it’s dedicated to standing for faith, family and freedom, took a different stance, saying, in part: “Local governments targeting and banning private Christian businesses like Chick-Fil-A is a hostility to religion that Texans will not stand for. I thought Texas was ‘open for business.’ I guess that applies everywhere in Texas except for San Antonio, where the government demands that you renounce your religious beliefs."