'Embarrassing': J.D. Vance shakes hands in parking lot when sandwich shop won't let him in

A sandwich shop outside of Pittsburgh refused to let Senator J.D. Vance host a planned campaign event, instead reportedly forcing the Republican vice presidential nominee to shake hands in a parking lot.

NBC senior political desk editor Doug Adams reported on Saturday that Donald Trump's pick for V.P. "intended to make a stop at a Primanti Bros near Pittsburgh." Primanti describes itself as "a chain of sandwich shops in the eastern United States" that was founded in 1933.

"[B]ut when they got there, the campaign was told no cams [and] restaurant didn’t want to be part of a 'campaign event,'" Adams added.

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According to Adams, "Vance ended up shaking hands outside in parking lot."

"He has event in Monroeville, PA this [afternoon]," according to the report.

Another NBC reporter, Gary Grumbach , further verified the same report.

Audit The Vote Pa founder Karen Taylor said that the sandwich shop in North Versailles PA "just threatened to call the police on JD Vance if he got out of the car to spend time with about 50 people who came out to see him."

In an "update," Taylor later said, "[P]eople are calling the restaurant and they are being told no one threatened to call the police and Vance was absolutely welcomed… damage control?"

Former Trump campaign aide A.J. Delgado said, "Damn that's embarrassing."

Democratic activist Jon Karlen said, "His loss. I hear they have a tremendous Whatever Makes Sense special."

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