...The bakery owner said he was particularly put off by remarks made by former President Obama: “Very simply, ‘you didn’t build that.’ Speaking on small businesses and entrepreneurs all across this country and actually last night my wife was up all night. No sleep, she’s worked a full 24 hours.”
Critics were quick to seize on Obama’s statement at the time while his supporters said the quote was taken out of context and being willfully misconstrued by his opponents.
McMurray said his exchange with Biden’s team was quick and respectful.
Following the rejection of Biden, Crumb and Get It received attention from local news crews as well as a steady stream of customers and telephone orders.
Critics were quick to seize on Obama’s statement at the time while his supporters said the quote was taken out of context and being willfully misconstrued by his opponents.
McMurray said his exchange with Biden’s team was quick and respectful.
Following the rejection of Biden, Crumb and Get It received attention from local news crews as well as a steady stream of customers and telephone orders.
McMurray’s story was thrust into the national spotlight with the help of conservative news sites, blogs and the wide-reaching Drudge Report. It eventually caught the eye of Paul Ryan, the Republican Party’s Vice Presidential nominee at the time, who requested that McMurray introduce him at rally in Roanoke a few weeks later.
“We are gathered here today to send a message to the Obama-Biden team that we did build it,” he told the crowds before recalling his decision to turn Biden away. “Nothing personal, but I just happened to disagree with the President and the vice president on a few things.”
Ryan gleefully took the stage and said: “He just gave my speech. I’m voting for that guy Chris.”...