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Red Robin is the top trend on social media tonight and it’s probably not the publicity the national chain restaurant wants.
On Saturday night, U.S. Representative from New York Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter to urge New Yorkers to practice social distancing by staying indoors and not crowding restaurants to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
To everyone in NYC but ESPECIALLY healthy people & people under 40 (bc from what I’m observing that’s who needs to hear this again):
PLEASE stop crowding bars, restaurants, and public spaces right now. Eat your meals at home.
If you are healthy, you could be spreading COVID.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 14, 2020
Ocasio-Cortez’s tweet didn’t sit well with former Miss Nevada Katie Williams who proudly boasted about being thirty years old and going to Red Robin to eat during the coronavirus crisis because she’s “in America” and she’ll do whatever she wants.
I just went to a crowded Red Robin and I'm 30.
It was delicious, and I took my sweet time eating my meal. Because this is America. And I'll do what I want.
— Katie J. Williams (@realkatiejow) March 14, 2020
Miss Williams then got immediately dunked on by the Internet for bragging about going to Red Robin out of all places.
https://twitter.com/Brendelbored/status/1238975006060748801
Find you a girl that thinks Red Robin food is delicious said no one ever.
— Angela Belcamino (@AngelaBelcamino) March 15, 2020
Virologist here. You don't know if you are carrying a virus if you haven't been tested. You can expose others by being close to them or touching shared surfaces, such as by eating a gross Red Robin burger with your hands in a crowded restaurant bc you are ignorant and selfish. https://t.co/gTXsvbJrUf
— Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angie_rasmussen) March 15, 2020
https://twitter.com/southgilmor/status/1238977685562540032
https://twitter.com/manieldad/status/1238987808028712960
https://twitter.com/cushbomb/status/1238974048643821574
Red Robin when they look to see why they're the #1 trending topic on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/R5xJawvqgR
— The Darkest Timeline Numbersmuncher (@NumbersMuncher) March 15, 2020
The Red Robin social media manager logging on to see they're trending but then seeing why: pic.twitter.com/ZP62V7OKIA
— Caroline Darney (@cwdarney) March 15, 2020
https://twitter.com/HollyAnderson/status/1238984109831094273
#CoronaKatie over here, living her best life, not giving AF if she contracts COVID-19 and helps spread the disease to her family, her friends, her coworkers, cuz she got to savor her food at fückin Red Robin.#CoronaKatie is not flattening the curve.
Don't be like #CoronaKatie. https://t.co/UEDVENhIba
— Rachel McGonagill (@RachelMcGonagi1) March 15, 2020
Matt Colvin: I got 18,000 bottles of hand sanitizer I can't sell in my garage. I lost the internet today.
Red Robin Katie Williams: hold my beer.
— Phil Lemos (@Phil_Lemos) March 15, 2020