Ken Shupe responded to a woman who was stranded on an interstate in
North Carolina on Monday. Shupe is a tow truck driver; the woman had
been involved in a wreck, according to reports.

But when Shupe arrived, he noticed something about the woman’s car —
specifically, he noticed that the woman was a supporter of Democratic
presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, according to Fox Carolina.

“Every business dealing in recent history that I’ve had with a
socialist-minded person, I haven’t got paid,� Shupe told the station.

He added: “Every time I’ve dealt with these people in recent history, I
get ‘Berned.’

“With an ‘e,’ not a ‘u.’ �

So Shupe refused to tow her.

“He said ‘I can’t tow you, you’re a Bernie supporter,’ � the woman,
Cassandra McWade, told The Post on Thursday. “And I was like, ‘Wait, are
you serious?’ �

He was.

Fox Carolina reported: “When he saw ‘a bunch of Bernie Sanders stuff’ he
said he told the woman, ‘very politely,’ � that he could not “tow her
car because she was ‘obviously a socialist’ and advised her to ‘call the
government’ for a tow.�

Attempts to reach Shupe by The Washington Post were unsuccessful
Thursday morning.

McWade — who said she had a Sanders yard sign visible in her car, as
well as a bumper sticker — said she was “totally in shock� as she
watched Shupe pull away.

“I was completely flabbergasted,� she said.
“Something came over me, I think the Lord came to me, and he just said
get in the truck and leave,� Shupe told an ABC affiliate. “And when I
got in my truck, you know, I was so proud, because I felt like I finally
drew a line in the sand and stood up for what I believed.�

According to Fox Carolina, Shupe identified himself as a conservative
Christian who supports Donald Trump. McWade, however, told The Post that
she felt he didn’t “exactly exemplify his belief.�

“You don't have to agree on anything just to be kind to one another,�
she said.

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Ahh, a "conservative Christian," following the edicts of Jesus, no doubt.