A pro-Trump former city councilwoman in Aurora, Colorado, claimed she was targeted and harassed for daring to give the patrons in a sports bar she owns the option of watching Turning Point USA's alternative "All American" Super Bowl halftime show featuring MAGA rapper Kid Rock.
But one key figure pointed out that certain details about her story don't add up.
The much-mocked conservative event was in planning for months due to fury from the MAGA base over Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny's selection for the real halftime show — a spectacle that drew a record-breaking 135 million viewers.
In Aurora, Danielle Jurinsky is a controversial figure who previously claimed that, while serving on the city council, Venezuelan gang members were taking over apartments in the city — an unsubstantiated claim that was picked up by the Trump administration — and cursed out her fellow councilmembers in private text chains. Her re-election bid was defeated in a surprise November upset.
Since then, she has focused on her private-sector job as a small business owner: running a sports bar in Aurora. But on Monday, she took to X to complain that her attempt to be inclusive of conservative diners during the Super Bowl was met with walkouts, hate, and efforts to run her out of business.
"I run a business. A sports bar, JJ's Place," wrote Jurinsky. "Yesterday 80% of the bar wanted the Turning point halftime show. The rest wanted Bad Bunny. To accommodate I put the TV's on half and half. The 20% started canceling the orders, taking to social media calling me a racist, being disrespectful to my staff, and leaving 1-star reviews on Google and Yelp. Mind you the 80% who wanted the Turning Point halftime show weren't happy that Bad Bunny stayed on, but they didn't leave me a bad review, take to social media, cancel their orders, or disrespect my staff."
"It has become impossible to run a business," Jurinsky lamented. "I support 3 generations of my family on a sole income, and try to accommodate everyone. The bar business is not what it used to be. Sad day."
But there are some holes in this story, Chicago-based oil industry expert Patrick de Haan pointed out in reply.
"Couple things: 1) your bar didn't get a single review yesterday on Google 2) you got one single review via Yelp, which didn't mention the half time show," wrote de Haan, posting screenshots of both review compilations and flagging that all the Yelp review said was "Food, service, and ambiance were all horrible, very over hype, and better sports bars in the Colorado area."
"But you decided to wake up today and post about your one review about the poor service?" asked de Haan.