Fox News political analyst says he was kicked out of restaurant for being a conservative



Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell says that he was kicked out of a North Miami, Florida, restaurant for being a conservative.

While recounting the experience during an appearance on "Fox & Friends Weekend," Caldwell explained that he and some neighbors were having breakfast at Paradis Books and Bread, and a woman, who identified herself as an owner, said she had been listening to their conversation and that they were not welcome at the establishment. Caldwell said she noted that their politics were not in alignment and said, "I don't feel comfortable. You have to leave."

Caldwell, who said he thought the woman was white, noted that he and his group departed.

He said that he had been talking to his companions about issues such as Fox News, noting that they had asked him how he liked working there. He said they asked him if he was conservative and he responded in the affirmative, noting that he is the author of the book, "Taken for Granted: How Conservatism Can Win Back the Americans That Liberalism Failed." Caldwell also said he spoke to them about his 18-year-old brother, Christian, who was fatally shot last year in Chicago. He also said he spoke about how progressive district attorneys are worsening the crime problem around the nation. Caldwell said the other people did not mention their own political views.

"I can't believe what just happened. I met up with friends for breakfast at Paradis Books and Bread in North Miami & while we were having discussions about politics we were told by the owner that we were not welcomed there because we aren't politically aligned. Outrageous," Caldwell tweeted. "What's even crazier to me is I spent a big portion of time talking about getting justice for my brother & victims of violent crime in America then to be discriminated against by this white lady in 2023 because I'm conservative is unfathomable," he tweeted.

"No matter your politics you should not be discriminated against. I was discriminated against for being a conservative and told to leave a restaurant in North Miami because my politics didn’t 'align' with the owner. This is NOT okay," he wrote in another tweet.

\u201cNo matter your politics you should not be discriminated against. I was discriminated against for being a conservative and told to leave a restaurant in North Miami because my politics didn\u2019t \u201calign\u201d with the owner. This is NOT okay. Segment: https://t.co/eoFEKXlYlN\u201d
— Gianno Caldwell (@Gianno Caldwell) 1674393451

Paradis Books and Bread reportedly posted on Instagram that a group had ordered food and "talked quite loudly for over an hour." The post said that much "of what they were discussing was very troubling, specifically when talking about women in degrading ways, as well as using eugenic arguments around their thoughts on Roe v. Wade." The post reportedly said that the "behavior and their words made other folks in the space as well as the one of us working very uncomfortable" and that when "it was clear that they were finished with their meal, we told them that our views don't align, and that the language they were using was unwelcome in our space." The post stated that someone "in the group said 'that is your business model, and I respect that.'" The post also reportedly stated that "as a space co-owned by black folks and women, we firmly stand by our zero tolerance policy."

"In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King said: 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.' My experience at Paradis Books and Bread in North Miami is a clear case of discrimination that should not be tolerated in Florida or anywhere in America," Caldwell said in a statement, according to NBC 6. "Whether liberal or conservative, no one should ever be asked to leave a place of business for engaging in political conversation in a respectful dialogue. Paradis is promoting a sort of political segregation that hearkens back to the days of the Jim Crow South and runs counter to the restaurant’s harm reduction policy."

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'There's no value for human life here': Fox News' Gianno Caldwell blasts Chicago's 'soft-on-crime' policies after brother's murder



Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell ripped Chicago's "soft-on-crime policies" after his younger brother Christian was shot dead on Friday.

"To say heartbroken wouldn't even measure it. My family is shattered right now," an emotional Caldwell told WFLD-TV in an interview Monday. "The fact that this continues to happen in this city, one in which I grew up in and one which I love, is utterly disappointing, disgusting. There's no value for human life here. That value has been eroded over the years."

Christian Caldwell, 18, was shot along with two other people on the 11400 block of S. Vincennes Ave in the early morning Friday, police said. The other shooting victims were an 18-year-old female who took a wound to the torso and was pronounced dead at the scene, and a male victim, 31, who was listed in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the torso as of Saturday morning, Fox News reported.

The suspect in the shooting is an unidentified male who opened fire and then fled in a black sedan going east, the Chicago Police Department said.

\u201cto bring the people who murdered my baby brother to justice. If you know people in Chicago please ask them to watch & spread the word. We want these men caught immediately. Thank you.\n\nGianno Caldwell\u201d
— Gianno Caldwell (@Gianno Caldwell) 1656330964

Chicago, a city notorious for gun violence, has seen 300 homicides so far this year. While that number is slightly down from this same point last year, that fact is little consolation to the victims' families.

"Living in Chicago should not come with a death sentence, but it does for so many people that live here," Caldwell said. "There used to be a time where the violence was concentrated on the south and west sides, but you can walk out of the studio and something happens. That tells me that something needs to change urgently."

"If it wasn’t my little brother, would I be getting all this coverage for him?" he asked. "Would people even know his name? No.

"What about the 5-month-old girl who was just murdered on Friday?" he added. "You don’t even really know her name. It’s just the fact that it happened to an infant that we’re reading about it."

Caldwell said that people in Chicago have become "desensitized" to the violence and the murders. But, as a believing Christian, he also said there can be "purpose to this pain" if criminals are brought to justice and given a chance to be rehabilitated after they serve their time.

"I’m leaving the studio to go plan a funeral for my baby brother," he said, breaking down into tears.

"As we think about not just him, but the violence that has been created in Chicago, and some of the policies which have systematically – the soft-on-crime policies which we’ve seen in the city – they have to come to an end," Caldwell said.

He argued that Chicago officials need to "unhandcuff the police" and allow them to go after criminals, saying there can be a balance between criminal justice reform, police reform, and stopping crime.

"At this point criminals are unafraid of the police, they’re unafraid of the prosecutors, they won’t capitulate to the laws," Caldwell said. "So what do we do next? You're going to have to throw the book at them. And I understand that we have compassion for people, as we should. But at the same time, if we don't, your family could be next. Then what? You want to be Gianno Caldwell on Fox 32 talking about his baby brother who was just murdered? Do you want to be that person?"

He called on Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the police, and other officials to take note of what happened to his brother and crack down on crime.

"I want justice for Christian. That is all I want for my baby brother."

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