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United States President Donald Trump lashed out at a Virginia restaurant on Monday that refused to serve his press secretary Sarah Sanders, saying it is "filthy" and "badly needs a paint job."

According to a review of state health inspection records, but the president's claims about the Red Hen's cleanliness seem to be unfounded.

The owner of Virginia's Lexington restaurant asked White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave from their restaurant on Friday night after employees said they were ill at ease serving a spokesperson for the Trump administration.

"The Red Hen Restaurant should focus more on cleaning its filthy canopies, doors, and windows (badly needs a paint job) rather than refusing to serve a fine person like Sarah Huckabee Sanders," Trump tweeted on Monday. "I always had a rule, if a restaurant is dirty on the outside, it is dirty on the inside!"

The Virginia Department of Health in February found no violations at the property. Investigators gave the eating house, which claims to be Lexington's first farm-to-table eatery, its highest achievable rating.

The Associated Press, for instance, found the president's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida was cited 78 times over three years for health code violations including cooking staff not washing their hands and the "accumulation of black/green mold-like substance" on an ice machine.

By Sowmya Sangam