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The University of Washington College Republicans hoped to celebrate the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh by enjoying beers at this past Saturday. But their plans were stalled after the bar asked them to find another venue 鈥渄ue to the political nature鈥� of their get-together.

The UWCR鈥檚 called the informal gathering 鈥淏eers 4 Brett鈥�, a reference after Kavanaugh鈥檚 famous 鈥淚 liked beer鈥� line from the confirmation hearings.

鈥淟et鈥檚 celebrate our newest Supreme Court Justice, and the failure of the lies and false claims against him!鈥� the Facebook invite read.

Soon after the posting, some Progressive activists contacted the bar to complain. Chevy Swanson, president of the UWCR鈥檚 knew it would mean trouble for them.

In response, Shultzy鈥檚 Bar and Grill : 鈥淪hultzy’s is a sports-themed bar & grill that welcomes everyone. We do not promote or endorse any one religious or political viewpoint. As such, due to the political nature of your planned event, we request that you find another venue to celebrate.鈥�

In other words, they welcome everyone — except Republicans celebrating a major SCOTUS victory. It remains unclear if they allowed Progressive patrons to drink away their sorrows, depressed Kavanaugh ended up on the Supreme Court despite their resistance.

鈥淚 thought that the left wing activists who took notice of our event had lied to the restaurant about the nature of our event,鈥� Swanson tells the Jason Rantz Show on KTTH. 鈥淚t seemed incredibly odd to deny service for a quiet gathering of college republicans and guests.鈥�

The bar鈥檚 discomfort with the event aside, there could have been a small problem if they were to enforce their request: Seattle prohibits discrimination on the basis of political ideology, one of the few cities in the country offering such protection. Indeed, it鈥檚 been controversial, as some Progressives argue it should be legal to discriminate against people who hold views counter to their own.

Swanson immediately contacted Bill Becker of Freedom X, the attorney who successfully sued UW on their behalf, after the school imposed onerous fees in a move to silence the group鈥檚 political activism.

鈥淸Becker] advised us to call and explain that they can’t deny service over political leanings,鈥� Swanson told me. 鈥淲e did and they hung up on us鈥︹��

Becker posted to the Shultzy鈥檚 Facebook page to warn the bar: if you deny them service, Freedom X will sue.

With that in mind, Swanson and over a dozen UWCR members went to the bar as planned, and clearly explained they were there for their gathering.

鈥淲e asked for a table and they served us,鈥� Swanson said, relieved that the threat of a lawsuit allowed them to be treated like any other customer would.

Shultzy鈥檚 Bar and Grill did not respond to my repeated requests for comment.

For Swanson and the UWCR members, this is par for the course of being a conservative in Seattle, but they vow to push back against the ideological bigotry.

鈥淚t鈥檚 shown that it’s clear that the tension against conservatives around here has hit a boiling point where even the smallest public showing of support of conservative ideas is a point of contention and that there is no reason to roll over to hostility like that,鈥� Swanson believes.

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