Members of Black Hawk County Republicans say they would have had about 100 people filling the seats at SingleSpeed, and they would have been spending a lot of money.

"Cash bar, and all the appetizers they could eat,” said Black Hawk County Republican member LeeAnn Saul.

Members were shocked when they were told to find another venue for the watch party. "(The owner) had just had the governor there, he had Walt Rogers there, they're both running as a Republicans, Saul said.

The Republican Congressman Rod Blum was very instrumental in getting the federal tax credit program back so that they could take advantage of that for their business."

Councilwoman Margaret Klein with the City of Waterloo says she may think twice before giving them money again.

"I certainly would have a lot of hard questions to ask,” she said. “I just believe if you're handing out tax dollars, you have to give it to organizations that welcome everyone. Welcome the discourse."

SingleSpeed Owner Dave Morgan says Republicans are always welcome there. He just didn't want to play politics on election night.

"That night we did not envision our taproom being a single color,” Morgan said. “We did not want to see it be red, we did not want to see it be blue. We want our taproom filled with all kinds of people."

Black Hawk County Republicans are looking at this as them being turned away because of their party affiliation.

"We still live in a society where we can be civil with one another, do business with one another and we have the freedom to have our different beliefs," Said Saul.

SingleSpeed is going to throw a bipartisan watch party on election night. They want people to have a civil conversation over beer, which they say people like no matter their party affiliation.

Black Hawk County Republicans will now have their watch party at the Clarion in Cedar Falls now

They tell TV-9 that they are not calling for a boycott of SingleSpeed, they just want the public to know what happened.

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Singlespeed Brewing Company has refused to allow the Black Hawk County Republicans hold their election night viewing party at one of their locations.

In an email sent on Thursday, the founder of Singlespeed Brewing Co. Dave Morgan said, “As our core beliefs rest a bit left of what we feel would be appropriate for such an event, we feel it would be best to guide you in a different direction.”

Black Hawk County Republicans said in a press release they were “caught off guard by the response since Republican Governor Kim Reynolds has held multiple events at the venue.”

The Republicans also cited a fundraiser Reynolds had last month with State Representative Walt Rogers.

LeaAnn Saul, treasurer of Black Hawk County Republicans, said Singlespeed has been successful because of the “millions of dollars in tax incentives they’ve received.”

Saul went on to say the tax money comes from people locally.

“That tax money comes from citizens who are registered Democrats, Independents, Republicans and third party. Whereas we respect any business owner’s right to refuse service, we also believe the public has a right to know about it,” Saul said. “This partisan behavior is shocking but not surprising in a time when Democrats would rather protest and resist rather than work together.”

The Black Hawk County Republicans say they will be having their election night party at The Clarion Inn in Cedar Falls.