Posted on 07/09/2018 10:57:38 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Monday said a restaurant gave him free food because the owner "appreciated" what he was doing in his fight against President Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy.
"My experience at restaurants: I ordered take out at a Greek restaurant," Lieu tweeted. "When I arrived, the owner saw me & threw in a free baklava (one of my favorite desserts). He said he appreciated what I was doing. I guess that's what happens when one opposes ripping kids away from parents."
Lieu's tweet comes as he and many other lawmakers are pressuring the Trump administration to reunite the thousands of families that were divided at the U.S.-Mexico border.
His experience also serves as a contrast to the treatment that some Trump Cabinet officials have received while dining out in public. On separate occasions in June, White House senior adviser Stephen Miller and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen were confronted by protestors while they dined out at Mexican restaurants.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was also asked to leave a Virginia restaurant over her role in the Trump administration.
Lieu has been highly critical of Trump over his immigration policies. In late June, he criticized Congress for taking recess despite thousands of migrant families remaining separated. He said it was "evil and shameful" that no Democratic bill had been brought to the floor to address the crisis.
“Have a nice vacation,” he added.
Last Friday, a federal judge said that the Department of Justice (DOJ) must comply with a previously mandated deadline to reunify separated migrant children with their parents. The deadline to reunite children under 5 years old with their parents is July 10. Children older than that must be reunited by July 26, "unless there is an articulable reason," according to U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw.
Rep. lieu should let everyone know the name of the restaurant. You know, so people can show up and hound them out of business.
Hate to break it to folks, but “free” baklava is a standard token of appreciation for your business at eastern Mediterranean restaurants.
Right. Identify the restaurant or I’m calling him a liar.
Admitting to Bribery ?
Criminal in a little way, criminal in bigger ways ...
Oops its a democrat ... Never mind.
Though abortion is celebrated.
“...but “free” baklava is a standard token of appreciation for your business at eastern Mediterranean restaurants.”
I must be eating at the wrong eastern Med restaurants these days!
I think this guy has an IRS problem. I think he is required to REPORT such ‘donations’.
I think this guy has an IRS problem. I think he is required to REPORT such ‘donations’.
What’s the legality, the ethics on the value amount of a gift to a government worker/politician?
Makes sense restraint owners use under paid foreign invaders for cheap labor like dishwashers and cleanup crews.
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