Tag: Raleigh, North Carolina

One of the young Republican activists who say they were kicked out of their Uber Saturday night in downtown Raleigh because the driver disagreed with their conservative politics is sharing the unusual tale with our sister station ABC11 in North Carolina. The group ordered an Uber to get them from Wake Forest back to downtown Raleigh. As they were riding, the group says they were discussing Republican political issues. They say that's when the driver pulled into a downtown gas station and ordered them out of the car. Was told "welcome to the resistance" and abandoned. @Uber_Support @dkhos is this listening to your customers? — Chris Godbey (@Godbey) July 15, 2018 "When he pulled over, he said, I'm terminating your ride and I reserve the right to refuse service to whoever I choose,' recalled Chris Godbey, Executive Director of the Young Republican National Federation. "And as we're exiting the vehicle he said, 'Welcome to the resistance!'" "You cannot have a business that is going to discriminate based on political beliefs, especially not in the United States. If anyone can get ahold of the contact information for these volunteers, please let me know and I will be glad to personally send each of them a $100 credit for Lyft.