Protests of Public Officials in Restaurants Aren't Going Away

A rep for the restaurant chainthat Kavanaugh and other patrons were “unduly harassed by unruly protestors… Politics, regardless of your side or views, should not trample the freedom at play of the right to congregate and eat dinner. There is a time and place for everything. Disturbing the dinner of all of our customers was an act of selfishness and void of decency.”

This confrontation of a public official enjoying a meal is among the first to make headlines since Trump and his cadre of divisive Cabinet Secretaries and White House staffers left office. It’s also an indication that this form of political protest isn’t going away anytime soon. Restaurants used to be reliable safe havens for Official Washington types. They were steadfastly bipartisan spaces where ideologies and the day’s news mattered little more than what wine came with dinner.

in the Trump era, when the administration’s controversial policies and heated rhetoric turned dining establishments into yet another political battleground.of then-Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at Mexican restaurant MXDC. Nielsen had just defended the separation of children from their parents at the border when she was spotted having dinner.

“This administration just rises to a whole new level where we need to break the rules of etiquette,” Amanda Werner, who was among the protestors,

dlippman Aww poor baby. Stop whining. Imagine having your life interrupted.

Fared way better than Pence, I guess…

Gasp how will he survive

Outstanding. He's illegitimate, appointed through a sham process. Now part of an illegitimate institution destroying the privacy and other rights of the majority of Americans in case after case. They have every opportunity to resign.

dlippman He lied about presedence, to become SCOTUS. He committed perjury. He deserves no peace until he is held accountable.

world's tiniest violin

SCOTUS says this is 100% fine. Sorry, there is no Steak House buffer zone. Stop Cryin'

He is a public servant - comes with the territory. Put on adult pants and stop the whining

dlippman Shameful behavior by another DC mob. Wish I were surprised!

dlippman Arrest people who disturb the peace? Not in DC! And they want to be a state.

Boo-muther$&+*%-hoo

Ummm, this guy voted to end his own right to privacy.

They should charge protesters with STALKING, and DOMESTIC VIOLENCE charges, that would be Hilarious!!!

yeah, like the kids in Uvalde had their class disrupted. and Kavanaugh made it easier for folks to get guns to do that. when we solve the gun problem in our schools, i’ll be sure to bug my reps to do something about Kavanaugh’s dinner.

Is it 'in the Constitution' that he gets to not have his dinner interrupted? Also, he ate his entire dinner, THEN left through the back door. So tough sh*t for him. Shouldn't have lied to Congress, shouldn't have stripped the rights of American women.

Awwww, poor baby had his dinner at a super expensive restaurant interrupted? My heart bleeds.

Are you claiming he has a 'right to privacy' in restaurants that he found women don't have over their own bodies?

who cares

thoughts and prayers.

Is a Morton's dinner covered under 2a? Asking for HIPAA...

🤣

dlippman If the Supremes had reinstated 'separate but equal' we wouldn't be debating Kavanaugh's 'right' to eat a steak dinner in peace.

poor poor poor guy. it's awful when someone invades your right to privacy.

Are you implying he has a right to privacy cause man, wait till you hear what Alito thinks.

Call me when he has an ectopic pregnancy that has to be adjudicated by a lawyer to determine the precise point at which it's a threat to his life

'Last time I was here, I told this committee that a federal judge must be independent, not swayed by public or political pressure. I said I was such a judge. And I am.' - Justice Kavanaugh

Except it wasn’t interrupted?

Cry more

Boohoo...

Did he cry?

This seems like one of those instances: be careful what you wish for. You might actually get it.

Ok.

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