This Democratic congressman is having much better dining experiences than Trump staffers

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published 9 July 2018

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was confronted by shouting protesters while trying to enjoy some Mexican food. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked to leave a restaurant just for being on President Trump's staff. Senior policy adviser Steven Miller ended up tossing $80 worth of sushi because someone flipped him off.

Grabbing a bite to eat has become an increasingly fraught proposition for Trump staffers. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), however, can't relate.

While recently retrieving his takeout order from a Greek restaurant, Lieu got some free dessert from someone who recognized him from his work in Washington. Lieu has been a loud voice against the policy splitting parents from their children at the border, and he took to the House floor and to play ProPublica's heartbreaking audio of children in a detention center in late June. On Monday, a restaurant owner who liked Lieu's stance on immigration thanked him in the best way possible:

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.

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