Donald Trump and his team are desperate to drain the Swamp. But they may run into some trouble while doing so.
Because the Washington, D.C. Swamp just made this horrific threat towards the incoming Trump admin.
As the Trump administration prepares to take office, food service workers in Washington, D.C., vowed to make their dissatisfaction known through small but impactful acts of defiance.
Many bartenders, servers, and industry veterans in the deeply progressive capital said they were determined to express their resistance, even within the confines of their professional roles.
“You expect the masses to just ignore RFK eating at Le Diplomate on a Sunday morning after a few mimosas and not to throw a drink in his face?” said Zac Hoffman, a seasoned D.C. restaurant professional and current manager at the National Democratic Club, in comments to Washingtonian.
For many in the industry, this resistance means refusing service, causing subtle inconveniences, or other small gestures aimed at reclaiming a sense of control.
“This person theoretically has the power to take away your rights, but I have the power to make you wait 20 minutes to get your entrée,” said Nancy, a fine-dining bartender.
Nancy explained that her approach was about striking a balance between standing up for her convictions and maintaining professionalism. “There’s a lot of opportunities for us as workers to feel like we’re taking our power back, while not necessarily ruining someone’s life. Giving them a subtle inconvenience feels like a little bit of a win for us,” she said.
She went further, asserting she would quit her job “on the spot” if forced to serve certain officials. “There is power in making it known that you’re not comfortable with a situation. It doesn’t necessarily have to be this big dramatic show. It’s just little bits of resistance that add up, and little bits of resistance that other people will see and hopefully feel empowered to stand on those convictions as well.”
Others in the industry shared similar sentiments. Suzannah Van Rooy, a manager and server at Beuchert’s Saloon on Capitol Hill, said she would refuse to serve any Trump official whose moral stances clashed with her own values.
“I personally would refuse to serve any person in office who I know of as being a s*x trafficker or trying to deport millions of people,” Van Rooy stated. She clarified that her resistance wasn’t rooted in partisan animosity but in her personal ethics. “It’s not, ‘Oh, we hate Republicans.’ It’s that this person has moral convictions that are strongly opposed to mine, and I don’t feel comfortable serving them.”
Even those in less visible roles shared plans to resist. One anonymous host at a fine dining establishment said she intended to research Trump administration figures online to identify them. If they showed up at her restaurant, she planned to seat them at less desirable tables. “I’ll only give them a bad table but will otherwise guarantee decent and polite service,” she explained. “I feel like them getting a bad table is nothing compared to the harm they’ll be inflicting.”
Not all workers, however, expressed a desire to resist. Joseph, a bartender, admitted he was disappointed by the election results but saw a potential silver lining: higher tips. “I think my tip average from Republicans—at least ones that I or a coworker has recognized—is close to 30 percent. With Dems, I’m surprised if it’s over 20,” he said, adding that Republican customers also tend to be less demanding.
This brewing tension echoes incidents from Trump’s first term, when prominent Republican figures faced public backlash while dining in the D.C. area.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, then-White House press secretary, was asked to leave a Virginia restaurant in 2018. Around the same time, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was heckled at a Mexican restaurant in D.C.
That same year, Senator Ted Cruz and his wife were also forced to leave a restaurant after being confronted by protesters.
In the midst of these incidents, Democratic Representative Maxine Waters called for resistance, encouraging her supporters to make Trump officials feel unwelcome in public spaces. Though she later softened her stance, her initial remarks fueled further controversy.
Overall, this is just another example of Leftist having a meltdown because the election didn’t go their way.
Instead of acting like decent human beings, they have to throw a tantrum during their job as a food service worker.
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