New in PJ Media:
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh dropped by Morton’s Steakhouse in downtown Washington, D.C., for dinner Wednesday night, but it didn’t turn out to be a pleasant evening: Kavanaugh was spotted, Leftist protesters appeared, and the justice had to leave through the back door. A Morton’s representative then issued a statement saying that politics shouldn’t intrude on one’s “right to eat dinner,” and for Leftist Twitter, it was off to the races. “The right to eat dinner”? Why, that isn’t in the Constitution, and therefore does not exist!
Politico was likewise cheered at the prospect of Leftist thugs forcing Kavanaugh to flee Morton’s, heading its notice of the incident “Happy Friday” and adding: “Thanks for reading Playbook. Drop us a line with your best constitutional argument for the right to eat dinner.” Politico then provided email addresses for three of its “journalists”: Rachael Bade, Eugene Daniels, and Ryan Lizza.
The “constitutional argument for the right to eat dinner” business comes from Morton’s response to the incident, which began, Politico said, when “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.” Note the manipulative wording: Politico assumes that there is a “constitutional right to abortion” that was overturned, when there never actually was such a right, and the claim that there was never had any justification in the Constitution at all. This is how the Leftist media attempts to control the narrative.
Politico went farther than that, sneering at Kavanaugh despite the fact that he was the victim in the incident. If Sonia Sotomayor had been the Justice who was thus harassed, would Politico’s coverage have been different? Like night and day. But in this case, Politico continued, “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.” And here is where the real fun began: “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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Andrew Blackadder says
There is NO Constitutional Right to an abortion, but there IS a Constitutional Right for the Right to Bear Arms and yet these obese butt ugly tattooed nose ringed smelly blue haired ”females” think one is right and the other wrong…
I know which Right I would use against these ”females” that no decent guy would wanna shag…
They attacked the Arizona Capital Building, tried to break the glass doors…..
Insurrection anybody?… Arrests anybody??…. Hello, is there anybody out there?.
stacy says
There does not have to be a Constitutional right to abortion. The question is, “Where is there a Constitutional right to incubation?” Abortion is the absolute right to refuse to transfer bodily tissues and the right to defend oneself against physical pain. The cart is before the horse. The person whose internal organs are needed never has the burden of proof. Even a condemned felon cannot be required to transfer his tissues/organs with written consent.
KHarn says
A woman has unprotected sex and gets pregnant.
“Oh no!” she cries. “How did THAT happen?”
“My body, my choice”. Seems to me she made that choice.
Look, big brain, if a woman’s boyfriend pressures her into having unprotected sex, she should tell him to “Go F**K yourself”. If he complains, she should get a better boyfriend. THAT is how a strong, empowered woman takes control of her life.
somehistory says
you would never win a case with your stupid “arguments.”
somehistory says
How about the restaurant owner have them charged with trespassing? They did not go there to patronize the restaurant; not there for any justifiable reason. He should call the police next time and say they are trespassing.
They believe they are so tough and that nothing is going to prevent them from harassing these men and a woman. They are even offering ‘bounties’ to people who will tell them where the Justices can be found so they can go and harass them.
Harassment often leads to assault and even death. The police need to be proactive and put an end to it
Keith O says
Unfortunately, trespass only works if the grubs are on your property.
somehistory says
From the first report I read, some of them went inside.
Infidel says
Also, when someone famous like that enters a restaurant, they should entertain him/her, but also call the police to ward off Antifa or other thugs that turn up. I liked Westman’s idea as well, although I have no idea how many “Bikers for Trump” might live in the vicinity of DC
As for the fake reservations, this practice could lead to restaurants requiring a credit card number to book reservations, and charging say, $40 should the ‘patron’ fail to turn up
somehistory says
Both ideas are good ones. People have to think of ways to fight the mob tyranny.
Westman says
Perhaps it is time for an anti-harassment Corp, ANTIHAC, (there are some other acronyms possible), that a restaurant or business can call when a Leftist harassment mob shows up. Maybe composed of local Harley motorcycle club members who can get there fast throught traffic.
It isn’t SCOTUS who brought the lawsuits that resulted in the end of Roe v Wade. How are they responsible for the abortionist problem by ruling properly on Constitutional Law? Where are abortionists protesting those who brought the disputes to SCOTUS?
The whole protest of SCOTUS is absurd and shows lack of both respect and decency. The abortionists can get a national pro-abortion law, and have the government pay for it as well, if they go through the proper legislative method of having Congress pass a law for it. If they can’t, then it is a minority issue and they can pick an abortion-mill state, like CA.
Keith O says
More evidence that mob rule is taking over in the former United States.
Americas enemies must be so happy when they see how the country is tearing itself apart.
gravenimage says
Yes–this group is called “Shut Down DC”.
gravenimage says
‘The Right to Eat Dinner’—Leftists Mock Kavanaugh After Pro-Abortion Thugs Force Him to Flee Restaurant
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Yes, these are thugs.
Apparently the appalling AOC was mocking him.
somehistory says
yes. cause she’s a taxpayer paid thug. per the ugly thug: “Poor guy,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “He left before his soufflé because he decided half the country should risk death if they have an ectopic pregnancy within the wrong state lines. It’s all very unfair to him.”
I can hardly wait for the day when she’s no longer in the public eye, because she is a cause of a lot of the problem.
gravenimage says
There are appropriate ways of protest–this kind of harassment is of course not one of them.
Can you imagine how AOC and those like her would scream if they were subject to such harassment? Not that conservatives would likely do this.
somehistory says
“Morton’s has been flooded with phone calls and fake reservations after it said Brett Kavanaugh had a ‘right’ to ‘eat dinner’ without protestors gathering outside”
“”I am making you aware of this because there is a good chance that your restaurants will also potentially have some people reaching out for comment and/or making (bogus) reservations over the next few days,” Crain continued. “As I stated yesterday, our comment is always ‘No Comment.’ We don’t respond, we don’t retweet, we don’t post on Instagram or Facebook, we don’t do anything.””
“”Again, we do NOT insert our political beliefs at any time – not with an employee, not with a fellow manager, and most certainly NOT with a guest,” he added in the memo.”
source; Business Insider
somehistory says
I imagine these thugs are making quite a few enemies.
Infidel says
Business Insider is a leftist rag, and has nothing to do w/ its name. It’s not a print competitor to actual financial journals like Forbes, Fortune, Business Week, et al
somehistory says
it just had a list of quotes from other reports and I’m not in doubt that the restaurant has been getting a lot of fake bookings. the report did not give a biased opinion about the issue.
gravenimage says
True, Somehistory.
Here’s Newsweek:
“Morton’s Restaurant Defending Kavanaugh Leads to Spike in Fake Reservations”
https://www.newsweek.com/mortons-restaurant-defending-kavanaugh-causes-fake-reservations-spike-1723040
MSN:
“Morton’s has been flooded with phone calls and fake reservations after it said Brett Kavanaugh had a ‘right’ to ‘eat dinner’ without protestors gathering outside”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mortons-has-been-flooded-with-phone-calls-and-fake-reservations-after-it-said-brett-kavanaugh-had-a-right-to-eat-dinner-without-protestors-gathering-outside/ar-AAZoDq2?li=BBnbfcL
The Independent:
“Restaurant sees spike in fake reservations after hosting Brett Kavanaugh”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/restaurant-fake-reservations-brett-kavanaugh-b2119125.html