Buttigieg confronted after husband mocks Kavanaugh being forced out back exit of restaurant by pro-abortion protesters



Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was confronted Sunday over remarks his husband made after pro-abortion protesters disrupted a restaurant at which Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was dining.

What is the background?

Last Wednesday, Kavanaugh was dining at a Morton's steakhouse when pro-abortion protesters began disrupting the dinner service. Kavanaugh was able to finish his meal, but was forced to leave through a back exit for security purposes.

After news of the incident broke on Friday, Chasten Buttigieg used the moment to mock Kavanaugh for voting to overturn Roe v. Wade.

"Sounds like he just wanted some privacy to make his own dining decisions," Buttigieg said.

\u201cSounds like he just wanted some privacy to make his own dining decisions.\u201d
— Chasten Buttigieg (@Chasten Buttigieg) 1657292729

How did Secretary Buttigieg respond?

Fox News correspondent Mike Emanuel confronted Secretary Buttigieg on "Fox News Sunday" over whether his husband's mocking response was "appropriate."

Buttigieg offered a contradictory response. On one hand, he said people should be free from harassment and intimidation in public, but he suggested what happened to Kavanaugh was appropriate because of the First Amendment.

"Look, when public officials go into public life, we should expect two things," Buttigieg said. "One, that you should always be free from violence, harassment, and intimidation. And two, you're never going to be free from criticism or peaceful protest, people exercising their First Amendment rights."

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The former Democratic presidential candidate then lied about Kavanaugh.

"These protesters are upset because a right, an important right that the majority of Americans support, was taken away. Not only the right to choose, by the way, but this justice was part of the process of stripping away the right to privacy," Buttigieg said. "So, yes, people are upset. They're going to exercise their First Amendment rights."

However, the Supreme Court did not strip away "the right to privacy" in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. The decision overturned abortion precedents.

The Constitution, in fact, does not explicitly guarantee a "right to privacy," although the Supreme Court has repeatedly found an implicit protection of privacy. Abortion rights once fell under that implicit protection, but Roe v. Wade was constructed on shaky jurisprudence that even liberal legal scholars, like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, criticized.

Did Buttigieg say anything else?

Emanuel pressed Buttigieg on whether he is actually OK with protesters interrupting dinner service.

"As a high-profile public figure, sir, are you comfortable with protesters protesting when you and your husband go to dinner at a restaurant?" he asked.

"Protesting peacefully outside in a public space? Sure. Look, I can't even tell you the number of spaces, venues, and scenarios where I've been protested," Buttigieg responded. "The bottom line is this: Any public figure should always, always be free from violence, intimidation, and harassment, but should never be free from criticism or people exercising their First Amendment rights."

'Dine in terror': Democrats gleefully cheer on Justice Brett Kavanaugh being harassed while eating dinner; AOC gets fact-checked on abortion claim



Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was forced to bolt from a dinner at a Washington, D.C., restaurant on Wednesday. Leftist protesters discovered Kavanaugh was eating at Morton's Steakhouse and disrupted the entire restaurant to "unduly" harass the Supreme Court justice over his decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Morton's Steakhouse called the incident an "act of selfishness and void of decency.”

However, Democrats have gleefully cheered on the targeted harassment of a U.S. Supreme Court justice.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) shared a tweet from Huffington Post senior editor Andy Campbell slamming Politico for "clutching pearls" for writing up a 212-word account of the harassment of Justice Kavanaugh near the end of its Playbook feature.

"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," the Politico article said.

AOC wrote on Twitter, "Poor guy. 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. The least they could do is let him eat cake."

"I will never understand the pearl clutching over these protests," Ocasio-Cortez said in a follow-up tweet. "Republicans send people to protest me all the time, sometimes drunk and belligerent. Nobody cares about it unless it’s a Republican in a restaurant. Can someone please explain the obsession because I don’t get it."

\u201cI will never understand the pearl clutching over these protests. Republicans send people to protest me all the time, sometimes drunk and belligerent.\n\nNobody cares about it unless it\u2019s a Republican in a restaurant. Can someone please explain the obsession because I don\u2019t get it\u201d
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1657312100

National Review fact-checked the Democratic socialist and noted that AOC was spreading misinformation in her post regarding ectopic pregnancies – which occur when a fertilized egg implants and grows outside the main cavity of the uterus where it can not survive and can be fatal for the mother.

"While Ocasio-Cortez seemed to smile upon the demonstration, her reason for supporting such action is fictitious," the outlet stated. "The treatment of ectopic pregnancies — which occur when an embryo implants itself outside of the uterus, oftentimes on the fallopian tube — remains legal in all 50 states. Embryos that implant outside of the uterus are not viable, and even the most strident of pro-life groups support the immediate treatment of them as a medically necessary act, not an abortion."

Washington Examiner writer Jerry Dunleavy added, "Not only is medical treatment for an ectopic pregnancy not illegal anywhere in America, but implying to your 13 million followers that it is illegal is the sort of thing that could actually cause someone to risk death for no reason rather than seek out the treatment they may need."

Many online commentators also pointed out that Ocasio-Cortez previously lashed out at someone for merely taking a photo of her eating.

In February 2019, AOC spouted, "Tonight a dude was creepily (and obviously) taking a picture of me while pretending he wasn’t and I had to break his imaginary fourth wall and say 'Hi! I’m a person! This is weird!'"

\u201cTonight a dude was creepily (and obviously) taking a picture of me while pretending he wasn\u2019t and I had to break his imaginary fourth wall and say \u201cHi! I\u2019m a person! This is weird!\u201d\u201d
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1551240371

The Politico Playbook article was also shared on Twitter by Chasten Buttigieg – the husband of U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg.

The spouse of the Biden cabinet member snarkily tweeted, "Sounds like he just wanted some privacy to make his own dining decisions."

\u201cSounds like he just wanted some privacy to make his own dining decisions.\u201d
— Chasten Buttigieg (@Chasten Buttigieg) 1657292729

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended protesters targeting a Supreme Court justice eating at a restaurant by saying, "This is what a democracy is."

\u201cKarine Jean-Pierre on Brett Kavanaugh being forced out of a DC restaurant by protesters over his opinion:\n\n"This is what a democracy is."\n\n\u201d
— Benny Johnson (@Benny Johnson) 1657304192

TV writer Bryan Fuller raged, "REMINDER: BRETT KAVANAUGH DESERVES TO DINE IN TERROR."

Progressive podcaster Ethan Klein bloviated, "I hope Brett Kavanaugh never has a peaceful meal for the rest of his life. Who gives a f***? Dude just stripped human rights away from 50% of Americans. F*** yo dinner bitch."

Actor Ken Olin blustered, "Sorry, not sorry. Brett Kavanaugh is a bad person. He’s only in that fancy DC steakhouse because his SCOTUS seat was bought & paid for by rich right wing religious fanatics. So if Americans want to exercise their 1st Amendment rights to protest outside a restaurant… tough s***."

Baseball writer Craig Calcaterra ranted, "F*** around and find out. Sorry, dude. You wanna ruin the lives of millions, expect people to tell you they hate it."

Screenwriter Randi Mayem Singer tweeted, "If Brett Kavanaugh never enjoys a dinner out again as long as he lives, he will still suffer less inconvenience than a child forced to give her birth to her rapist's baby."

NBC Think writer Noah Berlatsky bemoaned, "Pregnant people literally have no right to their own body and can be tortured for nine months and then killed by the state if it feels like it. How would Brett Kavanaugh like it if that happened to him? Forcing someone to carry a child they do not want at risk of their mental and physical health is torture. It's torture. And it's meant as such. these laws are deliberately sadistic and meant to terrorize women and keep them in their place."

Far-left organization Shutdown DC offered money to tipsters who informed them of the physical location of Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, and Kavanaugh.

It was only a month ago that a man allegedly attempted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh at his home, where he lives with his wife and daughters.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says Disney 'crossed the line' with its statement pledging to push for a piece of state legislation to be repealed or overturned



Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday that Disney has "crossed the line" by declaring that it will push for a recently approved piece of legislation to either be repealed by the state legislature or rejected by the courts.

The Sunshine State's governor on Monday signed the "Parental Rights in Education" bill, which critics have been erroneously referring to as the "Don't Say Gay" bill.

One of the provisions included in the measure prohibits teaching children about gender identity or sexual orientation in kindergarten through third grade: "Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards," the text states.

The Walt Disney Company issued a statement on Monday decrying the legislation, and vowing to advocate for it to be abolished.

"Florida's HB 1557, also known as the 'Don't Say Gay' bill, should never have passed and should never have been signed into law. Our goal as a company is for this law to be repealed by the legislature or struck down in the courts, and we remain committed to supporting the national and state organizations working to achieve that," Disney's statement declared. "We are dedicated to standing up for the rights and safety of LGBTQ+ members of the Disney family, as well as the LGBTQ+ community in Florida and across the country."

DeSantis called out Disney for issuing the statement, declaring on Tuesday that Florida is run based on the interests of Floridians, not by business executives.

"This state is governed by the interests of the people of the state of Florida. It is not based on the demands of California corporate executives. They do not run this state. They do not control this state," DeSantis declared.

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The debate over the legislation highlights a deep cultural chasm. Disney's statement sparked backlash from some on social media. But leftists have been publicly decrying the Florida legislation.

Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, falsely claimed on Monday that the Florida governor had signed legislation to make recognizing the "existence" of LGBT people unlawful.

"Every LGBTQ student, teacher, parent, nurse, astronaut, mechanic, soldier, etc in Florida is still LGBTQ. The governor can sign a bill making it illegal to acknowledge their existence, but he can’t make them disappear with a pen. Love will always win, friends. Onward," Chasten Buttigieg tweeted.

Every LGBTQ student, teacher, parent, nurse, astronaut, mechanic, soldier, etc in Florida is still LGBTQ. The governor can sign a bill making it illegal to acknowledge their existence, but he can\u2019t make them disappear with a pen.\n\nLove will always win, friends. \nOnward.
— Chasten Buttigieg (@Chasten Buttigieg) 1648514391

Chasten Buttigieg claims that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation making it unlawful to recognize the 'existence' of LGBTQ people



Chasten Buttigieg issued a tweet on Monday night claiming that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had signed legislation making it unlawful to recognize the "existence" of LGBT people.

"Every LGBTQ student, teacher, parent, nurse, astronaut, mechanic, soldier, etc in Florida is still LGBTQ. The governor can sign a bill making it illegal to acknowledge their existence, but he can’t make them disappear with a pen. Love will always win, friends. Onward," tweeted Buttigieg, the husband of U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

Every LGBTQ student, teacher, parent, nurse, astronaut, mechanic, soldier, etc in Florida is still LGBTQ. The governor can sign a bill making it illegal to acknowledge their existence, but he can\u2019t make them disappear with a pen.\n\nLove will always win, friends. \nOnward.
— Chasten Buttigieg (@Chasten Buttigieg) 1648514391

The Sunshine State's Republican governor signed the "Parental Rights in Education" bill on Monday, though critics have been erroneously referring to the measure as the "Don't Say Gay" bill.

One of the provisions included in the legislation prohibits teaching kids in kindergarten through third grade about sexual orientation and gender identity.

"Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards," the legislative text states.

Responding to Chasten Buttigieg's post, Karol Markowicz tweeted, "The law absolutely does not make it illegal to acknowledge the existence of gay people. If this many Republicans we’re [sic] getting a law completely wrong, it would be a huge story."

"Love has nothing to do with protesting a bill to protect small children from being inundated with sexuality. Read the bill, Sparky," Twitchy's Sam Janney tweeted.

"OK groomer," tweeted Sara Gonzales, host of BlazeTV's "The News and Why It Matters."

During remarks before signing the bill on Monday, DeSantis declared that, "we will continue to recognize that in the state of Florida parents have a fundamental role in the education, healthcare and well-being of their children. We will not move from that. I don't care what corporate media outlets say. I don't care what Hollywood says. I don't care what big corporations say. Here I stand. I'm not backin' down."

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