Senator Mitch McConnell was accosted outside a Louisville restaurant Saturday by protestors who hurled political rhetoric and personal insults at the GOP leader.
The encounter, which took place in a parking lot outside of Bristol Bar & Grille, in downtown Louisville, was captured on video where protestors can be heard chanting “Vote you out,” and “Abolish ICE.” One man can be heard saying, “We know where you live,” as the senator and two dining companions climb into their vehicle, according to the Washington Post.
Some protestors yelled, “Where are the children?” and “Where are the babies, Mitch?” as the group took aim at the senate majority leader for his support of the Trump administration’s detention of families who illegally cross the border. McConnell does not, however, support the administration’s now-reversed policy of separating immigrant children from their parents.
At least three of the protestors are members of the Democratic Socialists of Louisville, according to the Post.
McConnell did not respond to the protesters’ comments.
The encounter was the second one to occur to McConnell in the last two weeks. In late June, McConnell and his wife, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, were confronted by protestors in Washington, D.C. while leaving an event at Georgetown University.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
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