U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh had to leave Morton’s Steakhouse in Washington, D.C. through the back door after protesters arrived to confront him.
An organizing group called Shutdown DC posted to Twitter that it had received a tip that Kavanaugh was out to dinner in the city.
The group proceeded to encourage people to message them in order to receive the location and confront the justice.
An hour later, the group posted again that Kavanaugh snuck out the back with his security detail.
“@mortons should be ashamed for welcoming a man who so clearly hates women,” the group wrote, in reference to Kavanaugh’s part in the Supreme Court’s June 24 overturning of the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which enabled individual states to make its own laws regarding abortion procedures.
Protestors arrived in front of the restaurant and called its manager to tell the restaurant to kick Kavanaugh out before the Supreme Court justice ultimately left.
“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,” a Morton’s spokesperson said.
“Politics, regardless of your side or views, should not trample the freedom at play of the right to congregate and eat dinner,” the spokesperson continued. “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.”
It was reported by a witness, that Kavanaugh did not actually see or hear the protestors in question during his dinner at Morton’s, though he did reportedly leave the restaurant before dessert.
Shutdown DC made light of Morton’s comments on the incident on Twitter, asking internet users to upload “a dramatic reading” of the restaurant’s statement on TikTok.
“Best costume/setting wins,” the group wrote.
The incident happened just days after SCOTUS Marshal Gail Curley sent letters to officials in Maryland and Virginia over the weekend calling on them to “enforce” state and local laws that prohibit picketing outside the homes of Supreme Court Justices.
In a letter to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Curley referred to one instance earlier this week, where at least 30 protesters gathered outside one Justice’s Fairfax County home chanting expletives. Then dozens appeared outside another’s Fairfax County home chanting ‘no privacy for us, no peace for you’.
I would gladly beat the shit out of all those whores. Look at them, they’re ugly, fat and their riddled with STD’s.
When the Supreme Court ruled that protesting outside the homes of abortion providers was guaranteed by the First Amendment – they made this a legal action. Peaceful Protest is lawful and an American right.
Hey idiot – Jerry – when they were protesting in front of his house last month they were breaking the law – your an ass hole, please give me your address and I’ll protest in front of your house, I’d love it if you or any other pussy would come to my house, then you would be crying for police protection you coward.