Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Friday he would introduce legislation to withhold federal funds from any city or state government that forces Chick-fil-A to stay open on Sundays.
“This is war,” Graham wrote in a thread on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in response to a New York proposal requiring some of the franchise’s locations to operate seven days a week.
A bill filed last week in the New York State Assembly attempts to require some Chick-fil-A locations to operate every weekday, despite the fast food chain’s longstanding policy to keep its restaurants closed on Sundays for religious reasons.
“If this goes forward, I will be introducing legislation withholding federal funds from any city or state that requires @ChickfilA to stay open on Sunday,” Graham added. “New York is off base and their actions will not go unanswered.”
NEW YORK BILL WOULD FORCE SOME CHICK-FIL-A LOCATIONS TO OPEN ON SUNDAYS
The New York billwould …