Reports emerged Friday that Cavanaugh walked out the back of the D.C. restaurant Wednesday night to avoid protesters, who were demanding management fire him.
Buttigieg’s husband Chasten tweeted in response to the news: “Sounds like he just wanted some privacy to make his own food decisions,” a shot at Kavanaugh’s vote to overturn Roe v. Wade last year month, ending a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion.
During an appearance on “Fox News Sunday,” moderator Mike Emanuel asked Buttigieg if his husband’s tweet about the incident was “appropriate.”
“Look, when public servants go into public life, we should expect two things. First, that you must always be free of violence, harassment and intimidation,” Buttigieg replied. “And two, you’re never going to get rid of criticism or peaceful protest, people exercising their First Amendment rights.”
Buttigieg also noted that Kavanaugh didn’t even notice the protesters outside the establishment, but was told about them before his departure. The secretary then seized justice for his abortion decision.
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“Not just the right to choose, by the way, but that justice was part of the process of taking away the right to privacy,” Buttigieg told Emanuel, adding that Kavanaugh told senators he believed Roe v. Wade is legit.
“Well, yes, people are upset,” Buttigieg concluded. “They will exercise their First Amendment rights.”
In a statement, Morton’s condemned the incident, saying: “Politics, regardless of your side or views, should not encroach on the freedom in the game of the right to gather and eat dinner.”
