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Totally Tunsie

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Thu Sep 11, 2025, 09:37 PM Thursday

How Protesters Got Into the DC Restaurant Where Trump Dined

https://www.washingtonian.com/2025/09/10/how-protesters-got-into-the-dc-restaurant-where-trump-dined/

Olivia DiNucci was at a protest outside the UK embassy, showing solidarity with the pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested in London last weekend, when a friend of a friend told her to call ASAP.

“When I hear that, I know right away that someone is somewhere, and they need to be disrupted,” says DiNucci, an organizer with Code Pink, which describes itself as “a feminist grassroots organization working to end US wars and militarism.” She’s previously confronted other politicians, including Joe Biden, at restaurants and other public venues.

This time, rumor had it that Donald Trump was going to be dining at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak, and Stone Crab next to the White House later that evening. It would be his first visit to a DC restaurant as president this term.

DiNucci immediately reached out to a group of fellow activists and made a last-minute reservation at Joe’s. She biked home to drop off her megaphone from the embassy protest and change clothes, then biked to the restaurant where she met three others. They arrived about an hour before Trump.

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How Protesters Got Into the DC Restaurant Where Trump Dined (Original Post) Totally Tunsie Thursday OP
Perfect illustration of how liberal activists actually handle themselves in real life AZJonnie Thursday #1
lol.....Trumpler losing with women.... democratsruletheday Thursday #2
How beautiful that she biked. I'd bet Joe's is a favorite for lobbyists' expense accounts. underpants Thursday #3
While trump, of course, rode in The Beast and had his motorcade...LOL Totally Tunsie Thursday #4

AZJonnie

(1,460 posts)
1. Perfect illustration of how liberal activists actually handle themselves in real life
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 09:40 PM
Thursday

i.e. not how they appear in IQ47's fever dreams, and Faux Nooz fantasyland.

underpants

(192,920 posts)
3. How beautiful that she biked. I'd bet Joe's is a favorite for lobbyists' expense accounts.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 09:44 PM
Thursday

The article mentions “next door”

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220623739

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