A Washington, DC area restaurant server has been fired after speaking out about potentially denying service to incoming Trump administration officials.
“Personally, I would refuse to serve someone in this position who I know is a sex trafficker or trying to deport millions of people,” said Suzannah Van Rooy, a server at Beuchert’s Saloon. on Capitol Hilltold the Washingtonian this week. “It’s not, ‘Oh, we hate Republicans.’ It’s that this person has moral beliefs that are strongly opposed to mine, and I don’t feel comfortable serving them.”
Her comments were part of a report on whether there would be local “resistance” against certain Trump figures if they were back in public spaces after several high-profile incidents during his first term. They included then-aide Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who was evicted from a restaurant in Lexington, Virginia, and protesters who surrounded then-Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at a Mexican establishment in DC.
“People were a lot more motivated the first time to do these kinds of shows of passion. This time there is a kind of feeling of defeat and acceptance,” Van Rooy said, according to the Washingtonian. “But I hope people still stand up to this government and speak out about their wrongdoing.”
DC FOOD WORKERS PROMISE TRUMP OFFICIALS WON’T FEEL WELCOME WHEN EATING OUT IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL
Protesters march in response to the upset election of Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton in the race for the presidency of the United States on November 12, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
According to a review of her LinkedIn page on Friday, which has since been deleted, Van Rooy listed her duties as running daily operations, messaging strategies for the restaurant, developing relationships with influencers and managing internal events for political figures and VIPs. .
Her page also said she worked as an organizer for Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke’s failed 2022 presidential campaign.
Beuchert’s Saloon narrated Fox News digital that Van Rooy’s comments were “reprehensible” and that she had been fired for violating their “zero tolerance policy on discrimination.”
Beuchert said the former employee was a part-time server and not a manager. It published statements on social media condemning her comments after being made aware of them on Thursday.
“Recent comments from an employee who did not have the authority to speak on behalf of our entire restaurant have been rightly identified as inappropriate, hostile, intolerant and unacceptable. This employee does NOT speak on behalf of us as a restaurant,” Beucherts First statement Thursday said.
“After the inauguration in January, we will serve our fourth administration as a neighborhood restaurant on Capitol Hill, open to all and welcoming to all. We have always been a safe place for all. Everyone, especially anyone who feels biased or misunderstood, will do that.” At Beuchert’s Saloon you will always find friendly service and a listening ear. Once again we apologize for the comments made by an employee. They are NOT representative of our restaurant and do not reflect how we operate as a company and how proud we are to be a gathering place on Capitol Hill.”
WASHINGTON, DC, POLITICAL BAR TAKES DOWN REPUBLICAN SYMBOL AFTER FIERCE SPECIFIC
Beuchert’s Saloon in Washington, D.C., condemned a server’s comments and later fired her after she said she was willing to not serve certain Trump officials at the restaurant. (Getty Images)
Friday, the restaurant said it had decided to fire the server over this incident, calling her comments and subsequent behavior “inexcusable”. It also said she had logged into the restaurant’s social media accounts to speak on behalf of the restaurant without permission.
“Not only do Ms. Van Rooy’s comments clearly violate our zero-tolerance policy on discrimination, but her decision to log into our social media accounts in the middle of the night to post her own rhetoric in wildly offensive responses to comments is a further infringement. of behavior and protocol. She does not have the authority to speak on our behalf, and her comments do not reflect the views of more than two dozen other people on our staff,” Friday’s statement said.
“For these reasons and the sheer shock and disgust we feel at her inexcusable behavior, Ms. Van Rooy has been immediately dismissed. Our employees and families (many of whom are personally offended by Ms. Van Rooy’s comments about them) are still reeling from what Ms. Van Rooy said and did, and we as a restaurant are simply shocked to be associated with fundamental prejudice .”
President-elect Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The comment went further, urging the entire restaurant not to be blamed for its rogue actions.
“We are still the same restaurant known for its warm service and friendly staff, and we hope you will all visit us soon. We look forward to serving you. All of you,” it wrote.
Fox News Digital contacted Van Rooy for comment.
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