“My friends, family, and church have also been targeted. “Sadly, I've recently been attacked with bigoted comments and death threats,” she told SFGN. Once Fox News posted a somewhat-factual version of the field trip, readers took it from there and fanned the flames of fear-mongering.Ĭomments, which are mostly from people who have never been to Wilton Manors much less to Rosie’s, target Leonardi, the school board, and the LGBT community at large.
However, the students got a kids menu, with three blandly-named items: Mini Burgers or Cheeseburgers, Grilled Cheese, and Chicken Fingers. Pictures of the regular menu were posted online and Items like The Big Girl Burgers and Rhoda Cowboy were called out. But that’s not important to people raging against the menu. Of course, Rosie’s is a restaurant that, like so many establishments, also has a bar. She proudly mentions that the field trip is an annual event, but if Fox and their social media followers have their way, this will be the last year. She posted pictures of the outing on her Facebook page, with the caption: “I was SO honored to be invited to chaperone Wilton Manors Elementary’s field trip to the incredible Rosie’s! The students and I had a fun walk over and learned a lot about our community! A huge thank you to Rosie's Bar and Grill for hosting this special field trip every year!” Now this simple field trip through their neighborhood has Fox News and its acolytes whipped up into a scandalous, pearl-clutching frenzy.īoard member Sarah Leonardi took the elementary school children on a walk through their neighborhood, and stopped in for lunch at Rosie’s Bar & Grill on Wilton Drive. A Broward School Board member took students from Wilton Manors Elementary to eat at a Wilton Manors Restaurant.