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Protesters heckled Ted Cruz and his wife out of a DC restaurant, and Beto O'Rourke has come to his opponent's defense
Rep. Beto O'Rourke defended Sen. Ted Cruz after protesters forced Cruz and his wife, Heidi Cruz, out of a Washington, DC restaurant on Monday night. "The Cruz family should be treated with respect," O'Rourke tweeted on Tuesday morning.
Rep. Beto O'Rourke, the Texas Democrat mounting a formidable challenge to Sen. Ted Cruz's seat, came to the defense of his opponent on Tuesday, condemning protesters who prompted Cruz and his wife, Heidi Cruz, to leave a Washington, DC restaurant on Monday night.
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While Cruz, along with the majority of Republican lawmakers, has staunchly supported Kavanaugh's nomination, he conceded earlier this month that the misconduct allegations are severe enough to warrant attention.
"The allegations ... are serious, and they deserve to be treated with respect," Cruz said during a debate with O'Rourke last Friday.
Cruz is not the first Republican to face heckling while dining in the Washington area. In June, Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was confronted at a Mexican restaurant in the nation's capital by protesters critical of the administration's zero-tolerance immigration policy.
And White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was denied service at a restaurant in Lexington, Virginia, because of her work in the Trump administration.
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David Choi contributed to this report.
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