Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback says Waffle House banned him from all locations, temporarily derailing his campaign plan.

Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback says his plan to visit every Waffle House in Florida to “meet voters where they are” has been derailed.

That’s because he’s been banned, he said.

In a release posted to X on Thursday, March 5, Fishback shared a statement saying that “this morning, Waffle House abruptly revoked our permission, and criminally trespassed us from all of their Florida locations.”

Fishback, a Republican and one of 41 current candidates to replace outgoing Gov. Ron DeSantis, said he had previously received permission from Waffle House’s corporate office to visit every location in Florida to “meet voters where they are.”

  • alekwithak@lemmy.world
    8·
    3 days ago

    Ouch oof, I don’t live where there’s Waffle Houses anymore but idk why I assumed they’d be the one business not to jack up their prices because they avoided it in the past. That’s insane, do they know why people go to them?

    • criticon@lemmy.ca
      3·
      3 days ago

      I think it’s depending on the area. On a roadtrip I found 2 with very different prices, about a 60% difference.

      The cheap one was in a gas station town in the middle of nowhere and the expensive one in a nice suburb of a medium city