The owner of a Dallas restaurant on Monday apologized after Donald Trump Jr. and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) celebrated a birthday at the restaurant with “an Obama cake” he said was not created by the restaurant.
Trump Jr. on Sunday posted photographs of himself and Cruz at the restaurant with a dessert resembling a cookie cake that featured a vague depiction of former President Barack Obama. He described the creation as “an early 40th birthday cake” given to him by “some good friends.”
In a statement, Stephan Courseau, the owner of Le Bilboquet Dallas, apologized for “the unfortunate circumstances” and called it “distasteful.”
“This morning a lot of you have been shocked and appalled to hear that Donald Trump Jr. and Ted Cruz celebrated a birthday of a friend at Le Bilboquet with a cake with our former president Barack Obama’s face on it,” Courseau said. “Let me be clear, I share your indignation without any reservation.”
He said Trump Jr. and Cruz “were attending a birthday celebration of one of our regular patrons who rented out our venue for a private event.”
“The party was not for either one of them nor was it any kind of partisan rally,” Courseau said. “Someone that attended the party brought in an outside cake for Donald Trump Jr.’s upcoming birthday and we are not sure who that was.”
Courseau said he was not working on Sunday “and could not intervene in the unfortunate circumstances that unfolded.”
“I believe I owe you an explanation and an apology,” he said. “We at Le Bilboquet feel betrayed and sad.”
Courseau said that the restaurant’s “friends and patrons represent a wide spectrum of American beliefs including: Republicans, Democrats, and Independents.”
“The fact that guests decided to use our restaurant as a platform to promote, disrespect, and spread hatred goes against everything we stand for,” he said. “I am truly sorry that such distasteful events happened at our venue and that these circumstances brought me to write this statement today.”
Corseau posted the statement on Instagram. Though the post is no longer available, D Magazine published its contents.
Courseau was not immediately available in response to TPM’s request for comment.
Obama to Cruz, Junior: Eat me.
What gloriously ignorant, bigoted people! Congrats, GOP- this is YOUR ugly face, NOT the face of America!
Run for office- the 2018 elections are less than a year away! And if Trump and Louie Gohmert can get elected what’s to stop a qualified candidate?
Become a Precinct Committee Officer, sometimes it’s a Ward officer. You’ll meet with neighborhood Dems and get out the vote. Find good citizens willing to run for office.
Register people to vote. If you need to help people overcome the GOP-led Voter run-around help them do that.
Run for School Board. Make sure Civics is being properly taught. Think a majority of America knows how government works? Just 26% of eligible voters in America voted for Trump and half of eligible voters stayed home last November. Today’s 12-year olds will be voting for President in 8 years.
Run for Mayor, City Council, County Commissioner, Borough Assembly.
Get appointed to your Planning Commission. Know everything going on in your community.
Run for State Legislature or Congress. The next census is in 2020, just over 2 years from now, when we redraw Congressional Districts.
And get rid of GERRYMANDERING! Safe GOP seats gave us such intellectual giants as Louie Gohmert and Steve King. In most cases it’s the state Legislature that draws Congressional boundaries. Make it FAIR, OPEN and HONEST! We can do this!
Overturn Citizens United. Money is NOT speech and Corporations are NOT people- at least not until Texas executes one, and overturn any voter ID laws that are clearly an attempt to disenfranchise the poor and people of color.
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“If you’re disappointed by your elected officials, grab a clipboard, get some signatures, and run for office yourself.”
-President Barack Obama
“Those who would purposely mislead or seek to confuse others are bad people. Worse, they are evil.”
-Kathleen Parker
You Got To Run!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5zb0WTSLsYSmiling - they just counted the thousands they’ll get from the tax cut they just gave to themselves and to the robber barons.
What an amazing society we have become…giving over $ 800 Billion in tax cuts to our 15 largest corporations (monopolies) while cutting healthcare to children from broken homes or homes where the parents can’t make ends meet. Billionaires need tax cuts…while poverty deprived children lose healthcare. Must be those good christian values. My question: what bible are Republicans using these days? God help them.
Trump Jr. on Sunday posted photographs of himself and Cruz at the
restaurant with a dessert resembling a cookie cake that featured a vague
depiction of former President Barack Obama.
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Two can play this game donnie jr…
I have a “vague” depiction of certain person I will now share with a dollop of schadenfreude…
The person who brought it really went all out - a cookie cake from the mall. What’s up with the face Jr.'s making? The camera is not your friend, honey.