Brett Kavanaugh chased from steakhouse by pro choice people

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42. Yours is the only use of that word in this thread.

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Here's the article from Politico. The incident did not get top billing.

POLITICO Playbook: Schumer ups pressure on McConnell in USICA-reconciliation dance

By RYAN LIZZA and EUGENE DANIELS 07/08/2022 06:09 AM EDT

With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross

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“THE RIGHT … TO EAT DINNER”— On Wednesday night, D.C. protesters targeting the conservative Supreme Court justices who signed onto the Dobbs decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion got a tip that Justice BRETT KAVANAUGH was dining at Morton’s downtown D.C. location. Protesters soon showed up out front, called the manager to tell him to kick Kavanaugh out and later tweeted that the justice was forced to exit through the rear of the restaurant.

Link to tweet

Daniel Lippman looked into the incident for us and confirmed that account.

While the court had no official comment on Kavanaugh’s behalf and a person familiar with the situation said he did not hear or see the protesters and ate a full meal but left before dessert, Morton’s was outraged about the incident. A rep for the chain steakhouse sent Lippman this statement:

“Honorable Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh and all of our other patrons at the restaurant were unduly harassed by unruly protestors while eating dinner at our Morton’s restaurant. 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.”

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The protesters did three things that Daniel Lippman confirmed:

• they showed up out front
• they called the manager
• they later tweeted

You can rely on the ShutDownDC tweet as as an accurate accounting of the event as much as you want.

The takeaway quote is "...a person familiar with the situation said [Kavanaugh] did not hear or see the protesters and ate a full meal but left before dessert...."