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Related: About this forumIs Shelley Luther a Hero or Villain? Why Not Ask Her Wallaby?
Scratch below the surface beneath the cavalcade of supporters, piles of cash donations, President Donald Trumps approval and Sen. Ted Cruzs cameo mullet and Dallas' pandemic martyr has herself an optics problem.
Even for Shelley Ann Luther, defiant owner of Salon à la Mode and Americas viral hero of the anti-lockdown right, its not a good look when
Your lucrative crowdsourcing site is billed as a spontaneous, grass-roots response to government overreach, but it was set up before you even flouted government orders to keep your North Dallas salon closed temporarily.
You state youre two months behind on your mortgage, but in the past year took a healthy divorce settlement and bought a luxury SUV to drive to your $500,000, five-acre ranch complete with guest house, five-stall barn and bevy of exotic animals.
You cry on the jailhouse steps to Fox News host Sean Hannity while knowing you already collected an $18,000 emergency federal small business assistance loan, you get monthly child support from divorce No. 1 and more than $2,000 a month from divorce No. 2, and have half a million bucks waiting with your name on it in a GoFundMe account.
You claim to struggle with panic and feeding my kids, but recently took a Caribbean cruise in the middle of a global pandemic.
Depending on one's perspective and, lets face it, political party Luther is either a Rosa Parks freedom fighter or a shill for the right. Shes a conservative hero suddenly coveted by The View who's been thrust in the political spotlight, which has provided a boost in bookings for her cover band.
I cant think of anyone more undeserving of a giant donation or a hero label, says Luthers former coworker Phillip Bradley. Its disgusting. Shes being applauded by the Facebook Nazis as some sort of vigilante, but shes far better off than most people donating to her cause. She didnt need any of that shit to begin with.
Read more: https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/shelley-luther-dallas-salon-coronavirus-lockdown-11913776
tanyev
(42,360 posts)to capitalize on her 15 minutes.
sheshe2
(83,355 posts)The whine.