Tennessee railway conductor fired after remarks about non-Americans during tour: ‘You can leave’

The comments were caught on video during the July Fourth holiday on Chattanooga’s Incline Railway, a funicular running up Lookout Mountain, and went viral on TikTok.

A railway conductor on a Tennessee tourist attraction was fired after his comments telling non-Americans they “can leave” were captured on video and went viral on TikTok.

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The remarks were recorded during the July Fourth holiday on Chattanooga’s popular Incline Railway, a funicular running up Lookout Mountain.

Charles Scherer and his son, Nathan Scherer, were visiting from Florida for the holiday weekend. Shortly after they boarded the railway car, Nathan Scherer told NBC affiliate WRCB of Chattanooga, the conductor began making what he described as “disturbing comments.”