Deputy Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.) responded on Friday to reports that Judge Brett Kavanaugh was forced to leave a restaurant by protesters for abortion rights on Wednesday, tweeting sarcastically. “[t]the least they could do was let him eat cake. “
Leading the news: Protesters had gathered outside the restaurant and called on Morton’s manager to have the judge, who joined the Supreme Court’s majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, was expelled, according to Politico.
- “The Honorable Supreme Court Judge Kavanaugh and all our customers at the restaurant were unduly harassed by unruly protesters while having dinner at our Morton’s restaurant,” the restaurant said in a statement to Politico.
- “Politics, regardless of your side or opinions, should not step on the freedom at stake of the right to assemble and dine. There is a time and a place for everything. Disrupting the dinner of all our customers was a act of selfishness and emptiness. of decency, “Morton added.
What he is saying: “Poor boy. He left before his soufflé because he decided that half the country would risk dying if they have an ectopic pregnancy within the wrong state lines. Everything is very unfair to him,” Ocasio said. -Cortez.
- “The least they could do is let him eat cake.”
- In another tweet, responding to Fox News’ Peter Doocy asking White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre if judges “have no right to privacy” after the incident, Ocasio-Cortez went to say: “[p]Surely they revoked that right 2 weeks ago, Doocy. “
What’s also happening: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) Also responded to the incident by saying, “[p]Olitic protest is fine when it comes to assaulting government buildings and hitting police. “
- “But cross the line when you’re out of a meat restaurant,” he added.
The big picture: Following the Supreme Court ruling, several states have banned or severely restricted abortion.