Owners of RV dealers across the country are being sued in Tennessee for the oversized American flags found in several locations in his store.
Campworld CEO Marcus Lemonis has argued about his refusal to steal the massive American flag despite fines on the “final line.”
The CEO of Camping World, a nationwide RV dealer for more than 200 locations, faces a lawsuit by another city over a huge American flag that wavys outside the dealer.
City leaders Greenville, North Carolina. , voted 4-2 last week to launch legal action to defeat the American flag at camp world dealers. The vote came in another lawsuit filed by the city of Sevierville, Tennessee.
“Not when they sue, not when I lose, and when they took me to jail, the flags aren’t coming down,” Camp World CEO Marcus Lemonis said last week that he voted to approve the city council in Greenville, North Carolina to allow civil lawsuits against the company. “I respect the council’s position and understand that they have a right to sue me, but the flag never falls.”
Campworld CEO Marcus Lemonis says he will accept daily fines from the local Greenville government for the dealer’s company’s huge American flag. (Getty Images / Photo Illustration / Getty Illustration)
“They need to sue me, not business, because I put flags everywhere,” he added.
Greenville City Council said the flag is roughly the size of a 3,200-square-foot basketball court. Flying on a 130-foot-tall pole, it is almost twice as large as what is currently permitted.
On Monday, Marcus Lemonis posted an image of the complaint filed in March Sevierville city, It had requested that the property be removed from its 100-foot flagpole.
“The flag won’t fall,” Lemonis wrote to X.
Fox News Digital reached out to Lemonis and The City for comment.
The CEO opposes fines for the massive American flag.
xxxl American flag against an idyllic sky with fluffy clouds. (istock / istock)
It’s not the first time an RV giant has ignored an order to remove the world flag of a giant camp. He has similar experiences across the country, with daily fines in some areas.
“We addressed it in Stateville (North Carolina); Morgan Hill, California, Onaska, Wisconsin, and now Greenville, North Carolina,” he told FOX Business. “Bottom Line” January. “And I think this is a perfect example: local, city and state municipalities are regulating businesses that don’t move their businesses forward. They create more noise and unnecessary distractions.”
According to the Campworld website, Lemonis was born in Lebanon and remained at the gateway to an orphanage. The Miami couple adopted him when he was nine years old.
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He says he grew up watching his family in the car dealership business and flew the American flag, Witt reported.
He was rebellious in his demands to defeat the flag.
Oudrey Conklin of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.