Three Trump supporters left Utah waiter Ashton Bindrup a message with an anti-gay slur written on the back of a $5 bill.
The exchange happened last Saturday, August 15. While serving a table of three adults, each in a “Trump 2020” hat, one of the patrons asked Bindrup for a pen. When he returned later to collect his tip, he discovered the message.
“I haven’t wanted to turn it into the bank yet, I don’t know how to explain that one,” Bindrup told Fox 13 News.
Written on the back of the bill: “Get out of America, f*g.”
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“I picked it up and was immediately like, ‘Oh, this is written on my tip,’” Bindrup explained. “It’s shocking. It’s not okay.”
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“I think if anyone got it, they would think it was hate speech,” he added.
Bindrup took to Facebook to share his experience. “I am both family and friend to many kind Trump supporters,” he wrote. “I see you and hear you. I have even experienced and can point out some things I have liked about the Trump Presidency. I love you guys, even if I don’t support your candidate.”
“I’m telling you this,” he continued, “because if you are a Trump supporter, I also believe that you have a responsibility to help check the hate and the anger that you see in other like-minded Republicans, friends, and family…I think you need to ask yourselves why it is so many of Trump’s other supporters speak and act with hate and with discrimination. Because if you believe differently, then these individuals are giving you a bad name.”
For Bindrup, the incident represents a missed opportunity as much as an incident of harassment.
“I wish that they had said it to my face,” Bindrup told Fox 13. “I’m not quick to anger or quick to be offended, but I don’t know. You have to think about that kind of hate. You have to wonder, ‘How does someone get to that point?’”
“We have to help people become not so biased,” he concluded. “This needs to be a learning opportunity, above all else, because there’s hate speech out there and we can all do our part to say things differently.”
Though he has appointed several openly-queer officials to governmental positions, the Trump administration is widely seen as the most anti-LGBTQ administration in American history due to its policy positions curtailing queer rights.
funpitt412
What do you bet next week we find out he wrote it? Why would someone that hates gays waste a five-dollar bill? They would use a one-dollar bill or a piece of paper.
xiphoid76
He definitely wrote it himself, but the media will never report that retraction. This just screams attention seeking behavior.
Cam
What a surprise, the same account that always attacks LGBTQ people and defends bigots, is ….doing the same thing.
AxelDC
Aren’t you the little cynic?
mailliw110
Apparently they aren’t as good a bigot as you are.
zealot
Firstly, he’s being incredibly generous and kind about this act of hate. Secondly, they didn’t say it to his face because they’re cowards. Like so many who do the same thing— they don’t show the courage of their “convictions”. Like thieves and liars, if you have to run from your own words or actions, inwardly you know it’s wrong.
Neoprene
He’s kinda like that French actor in Chicago, Jussie Smollett. Dave Chappelle’s words, not mine.
Kangol2
Jussie’s many things but French isn’t one of them.
Terrycloth
Now that he has been all over Utah news and Facebook. They see his face on TV.i feel sorry he is making a bigger issue out of it..yeah if they actually wrote that and were maga hat wearing customers ( shades of jussie smollete here ) erase the words , put the bill in your pocket . just forget it happened.you didn’t get beat up.a couple words on a bill..
Cam
And if it did happen why should he?
mailliw110
It’s 2020. It’s time for you too come out of the closet.
Heywood Jablowme
” I have even experienced and can point out some things I have liked about the Trump Presidency.”
Like what?
ducdebrabant
He’s telling TRUMP supporters to ‘help check the hate and the anger that you see in other like-minded Republicans, friends, and family”? Wow. I’m sure they’ll get right on that, especially when the reguest comes from a “f*g.”
Hillers
What would you suggest he do instead? Turn the anger right back around and magnify the hate?
I’m impressed he took the high road and is encouraging thoughtful discussion at least.
dhmonarch89
The time for the ‘Not all Trump supporters are bad…’ speeches are over! The Republican Party and Trump have anti gay hate in their Party Platform. If you vote for an anti gay platform- YOU ARE ANTI GAY! Trump is a racist with racist policies…if you vote for Trump you are supporting racist policies, if you vote for racist policies- YOU ARE A RACIST. It’s pretty simple- but then, so are Trump supporters.
funpitt412
Trump employees lots of gays but they are scared to come out because how violent the left can be. Are you violent dhmonarch89? Do you beat up people and throw rocks?
Jimmer
Funpitt412, “how violent the left can be”. WTF, that’s the BS Trump spouts and his supporters believe. The violent people are the homophobes, racists, and white supremacists. If you are referring to the protests turned riots, the riots are instigated by a few anarchists and police or Trump gassing protesters so he can take photos pretending to be Christian. Get a grip on the real world, not Trumps delusional world.
Doug
If the story is true, I wouldn’t be as cavalier about it. The tv clip says instead of getting angry he’s looking for “silver linings.”
There are no silver linings in Trump followers.
o.codone
Everything here is *tired*. The old story about hate speech written on diner tabs and on dollar bills and the discussion that follows the (usually fake) events is so done to death. Next time babe get your 15 minutes of fame some other way. This story is an overwhelming bore.
Also, there are no greater haters than gays. Hate religion, hate Trump, hate conservatives, name call (Cam), accuse others of trolling and of being progressive catfish. Gays are haters, big ones.
controversial2019
I agreed with much of what you said – this site does show the very hateful side of the LGBTQ+ community; always criticising people they don’t like/agree with (but crying if the same people criticise the community) HOWEVER I do know that many people in the LGBTQ+ community respect and believe in religion. Religion promotes community which speaks to LGBTQ+ persons.
Your comment could be inferred as meaning that by BEING gay, they (automatically) hate religion. Which is wrong. It’s very easy to be both gay and religious.
I’m not sure how you got from gays hating those they dislike/disagree with (which we do see a lot of on here) with hating religion (which I don’t think I’ve ever seen on here).
Cam
LOL! Sweetie, you KEEP giving away all of your troll names because you just can’t keep from name checking me in your posts from all of your names.
The great thing about this is, we all learned that there aren’t nearly as many Trump supporting fools as it would seem. It literally seems to be one account that keeps using something like 10 screenames.
You’re REALLY REALLY bad at this. The RNC should probably hire somebody with better skills and less anger issues.
Cam
“Bindrup took to Facebook to share his experience. “I am both family and friend to many kind Trump supporters,” he wrote. “I see you and hear you. I have even experienced and can point out some things I have liked about the Trump Presidency. I love you guys, even if I don’t support your candidate.””
This is the type of B.S. that people who live in red states like Utah are brainwashed into thinking. Hey, guess what, those “Nice” Trump supporters are voting for a guy who stated he wants to appoint judges to take away your civil rights, and gets enraged over black people speaking up for themselves and women wanting power over their healthcare.
AxelDC
Mormons are so nice.
Tyrone Johnston
His GoFundMe account show up yet?
vancouverdoug
Exactly. How many of these fake ” I got a nasty note with or instead of a tip” can we take.
o.codone
Cam has become that problematic commenter who has something awful to say on every post and who gets into personal squabbles with other readers. If you’ve been around a while, as I have, you’ll remember how that guy Estabon1985 (something like that) basically burned Queerty to the ground with the same tactics. Multiple comments on the same post, commenting on every single story, personalizing, getting into individual wars with others, creating a vortex which is *all* about and *only* about him. This guy is creating a very inhospitable environment here and dedicates way too much of his time to this site. Something’s wrong here. Queerty editors please take note, save yourselves, save your site.
Ginger Tom
Trump supporters seem to thrive on hatred towards others. It’s all a big emotional cult of self-righteousness, resentment, anger and hatred.
johncp56
Ashton Bindrup should get huge hugs and a 500$ tip forbeing kind;
my self i would have sent the law after the three trump turds ,