Tennessee boutique owner reveals the terrible things that happened when her landlord erected pro-Joe Biden sign over her business

A shop proprietor is furious her landlord secretly hung an tremendous Joe Biden banner complete her shop aft income plummeted successful nan blimpish town.

Angie Monahan arrived astatine Honey Blossom Boutique, her women's clothing shop successful Lenoir City, Tennessee, connected Saturday to find nan 20ft by 10ft motion staring astatine her.

She said locals successful nan mini municipality wherever Trump sewage 75 per cent of nan ballot successful 2020, quickly started avoiding her business for illustration nan plague.

The signs sounds 'Biden-Harris - truth complete lies'.

Monahan now keeps a weapon successful nan shop aft receiving threats, and blames nan banner connected nan precocious level of nan building for a 50 per cent driblet successful sales.

'I did not put this motion connected my building!' she wrote successful a bid of furious posts connected nan shop's societal media pages.

'No 1 associated pinch Downtown aliases City would've done this. After an effort connected Trump's life, this is conscionable downright sick.'

Monahan insisted she would consciousness nan aforesaid measurement if it was a immense Donald Trump banner, arsenic she didn't want her business to beryllium seen arsenic being political.

Desperate to get her income backmost connected track, she hung her ain smaller motion reference 'this business did not bent this sign', pinch arrows pointing up.

Since then, and erstwhile connection sewage astir town, she said business picked up again and locals came successful to show their support.

'We are thankful for everyone coming together and supporting Honey Blossom Boutique arsenic she DID NOT bent this supra her business,' section Facebook page Downtown Lenoir City wrote.

'The building proprietor Ricky Miles placed it precocious astatine nighttime aft she closed without telling her anything. Please proceed to shop astatine her shop and induce friends to for illustration her page arsenic she needs our organization support much than ever!'

Monahan said Miles was 'adamant' he would not region nan banner, contempt nan backlash and effect on Honey Blossom's sales.

'I had truthful galore group commenting saying 'I'll ne'er measurement ft successful that business. This is really I make my livelihood,' she told KBTX.

'This is really my head makes her livelihood, and I've spent 7 years building this business. I can't fto 1 motion tear it apart.

'Shopping is expected to beryllium nosy and relaxing. It's not expected to beryllium political. I conscionable don't make a stance 1 measurement aliases nan other. If personification wants to inquire my individual opinion, I don't mind telling them, but that's not bully business.'  

The rumor caused a operation connected section societal media pages arsenic though astir group were connected Monahan's side, they didn't want it turned into a governmental issue.

The Downtown Lenoir City page made a station reading: 'This would beryllium a distasteful enactment if it was a monolithic Trump aliases Biden banner. The rumor is disrespect to our Downtown organization and his ain tenant. 

'He knows nan organization is upset and has refused to return it down. It is important to speak up because group are blaming nan tenant assuming she placed it complete her shop!' 

Some followers took rumor pinch nan station arsenic they felt it made nan metropolis and nan downtown area look for illustration it was actively supporting Trump.

'I work together to each nan sentiments astir nan immense banner being posted, but arsenic a tenant I would besides beryllium upset if it was a Trump sign, aliases immoderate section predetermination motion sloppy of affiliation,' different business proprietor commented.

'I conscionable deliberation nan full conception is bad for business sloppy of nan politics. People return authorities earnestly successful Tennessee and we each person friends from some parties. I'd alternatively authorities not beryllium woven into business.' 

City Administrator Amber Kelso said Miles was wrong his authorities to bent nan banner, arsenic it was connected his spot and protected by nan First Amendment.

'We want to beryllium observant because we don't want to impede someone's law authorities for state of speech,' he told KBTX.

'That would spell for whether it's a Biden motion aliases a Trump motion aliases whether it's immoderate different governmental sign.'