Diners confront Mitch McConnell at restaurant.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A small group of angry diners confronted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at a restaurant Friday night, but were met with calls from other customers to leave the Kentucky Republican alone.

Video obtained by TMZ shows at least one diner berating McConnell on issues such as Social Security at a restaurant in Louisville. The video starts with him yelling at McConnell and arguing with Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao — to whom McConnell is married. The outlet reported that four men first confronted McConnell.
“Oh yeah, why don’t you get out of here? Why don’t you leave our entire country,” the protester tells the couple.

As Chao argues with the protester, McConnell appears nonplussed and sips on a drink. But other diners begin yelling at the protester, telling him to “leave him alone” and making shoo-ing gestures.

“They’re going to come for Social Security,” he told the other diners, before appearing to be approached by staff.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/diners-confront-mitch-mcconnell-at-restaurant-get-told-to-leave-him-alone-by-others/ar-BBODNfQ?li=BBnb7Kz

[Funtatlaguy]

1. But, the big question is, did he have the turtle 🐢 soup?

[democratisphere]

2. Endangered species soup?!

Most likely asked for seconds!

SLURP!

[Blue_true]

8. That would be cannibalism. Shame on you. nt

[Music Man]

3. As a point of interest, the article says McConnell was "nonplussed," which is a common misusage.

I'm pretty sure, based on the context, that it was trying to convey that McConnell was unfazed by the incident. "Nonplussed" really means perplexed or confused.

[USALiberal]

4. Wow, really, that is your comment about this article? nt

[Demit]

6. Apparently his point of interest didn't interest you. It interested me.

[Music Man]

7. Why are you so bent out of shape?

This is a forum, people can post whatever they want. You know, how conversations flow from one topic to the next.

It's obviously not my ONLY reaction to this article. I'm a Kentucky voter myself for crying out loud.

I didn't realize that posting a matter-of-fact item about something in the article impedes other people from commenting on other elements of the story. Relax.

[treestar]

10. A writer needs to use correct words

or they will not convey what they meant. They said Turtle was perplexed and confused. It is a pretty good guess that Turtle would not be perplexed, but unfazed.

[ProudLib72]

21. I had to look that up, and you're correct

I'm with you on this one. It's a terrible misusage that is nearly the exact opposite of it's original, and correct meaning.

[USALiberal]

5. "making shoo-ing gestures." typical nutty right wing nut. nt

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

9. Love it... Rethugs should not be allowed to go anywhere in public without being told off.

No justice... no peace.

[pintobean]

11. He threw food at McConnell

That's assault, and a good way for the aggressors to have bad things happen to them... legally.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

15. Well, wish I was there... would have thrown food at McTurtle too!

Would of liked to see him try something!

[pintobean]

16. The other diners had his back.

But, it's rather pathetic that you would want to assault a 76 year old man who was out peacefully dining with his wife.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

18. Nope, I see it as throwin food at a 76-year-old man responsible for assaulting MILLIONS

of low-income, innocent people through his Nazi-RethugliKKKan policies. Try looking at things from a different perspective... you might see things differently. Fight fire with fire!!

[ProfessorGAC]

19. You're Defending Someone Who Commits Assault And Calls It "Their Job"?

That's where you're going with this?

Ridiculous. too!

[Pity Puddles]

20. As I see it, McTurtle needs to be shamed in every way possible

His chances are dead, and he'll be the Minority Leader come Jan, 2019.

[oberliner]

22. That is insane

[Dennis Donovan]

12. "Video obtained by TMZ..."

...you mean Trump-ally TMZ? Was Phil Parlock there?

[pintobean]

13. The woman taking video said she was going to sell it to TMZ

It'son the linked video.

http://www.tmz.com/2018/10/20/senator-mitch-mcconnell-confronted-restaurant-protesters/

[stonecutter357]

14. russian/cricist actors ?

[Iggo]

17. Good. Eat at home, dick. (n/t)