U.S. Army veteran Ernest Walker of Cedar Hills, Texas, went to Chili’s on Veteran’s Day to partake of their free meal to veterans.

Walker, accompanied by his service dog Barack, said he believes an elderly man wearing an American flag shirt and Trump sticker told the restaurant manager that Walker was wearing his cap indoors and was not a U.S. veteran and should not receive the free meal.

Okay, we have a lot of stupid laws in Texas, but wearing a baseball cap indoors ain’t one of them.  Otherwise, you’d have to arrest the entire VFW on most bingo nights.

… the manager asked for Walker’s military ID, which he provided. Walker also provided his discharge paperwork.

Walker said the manager then took his to-go meal.

“I looked around and I’m embarrassed at this point,” Walker said. “People are looking. I’m a soldier. I’m a person and everybody’s looking like I stole food.”

The manager also indicated the service dog was not a service dog, despite having a red service vest and certified service tags.

Chili’s has apologized all over themselves.

By the way, Texas now has a veteran designation on veteran drivers licenses so they don’t have to carry around their discharge paperwork to get their discount.  I appreciate that.

Thanks to Old Mayfly for the heads up.