{"id":2380354,"date":"2024-12-15T17:08:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T22:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-bar-server-fired-after-claiming-she-wouldnt-serve-trump-administration-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-15T17:09:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T22:09:20","slug":"dc-bar-server-fired-after-claiming-she-wouldnt-serve-trump-administration-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-bar-server-fired-after-claiming-she-wouldnt-serve-trump-administration-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"DC bar server fired after claiming she wouldn\u2019t serve Trump administration &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdc-bar-server-fired-after-claiming-she-wouldnt-serve-trump-administration-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2380354&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A part-time\u2063 server named Suzannah Van Rooy was fired from Beuchert&#8217;s Saloon\u200b in Washington \u2062D.C. after publicly stating she \u2062would not serve members of the\u200c incoming Trump administration. The bar&#8217;s management highlighted that her comments violated \u2062their &#8220;zero-tolerance policy on discrimination.&#8221;\u200c This <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">incident underscores ongoing tensions related<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dcs-hotel-harrington-closes-for-january-6-pro-trump-march-after-pressure-over-proud-boys\/\" title=\"DC\u2019s Hotel Harrington Closes for January 6 Pro-Trump March After Pressure Over Proud Boys\">political affiliations<\/a> \u2062and\u2064 workplace conduct. The firing of Suzannah Van Rooy from Beuchert&#8217;s Saloon for her refusal to serve members of the incoming \u200dTrump administration raises important questions about the intersection of personal beliefs\u2063 and professional responsibilities. The bar&#8217;s management enforced a &#8220;zero-tolerance policy on discrimination,&#8221; which emphasizes their commitment to maintaining an inclusive habitat for all patrons, irrespective of\u200c their political \u200daffiliations.<\/p>\n<p>This incident is part \u2062of a \u200cbroader\u200c conversation about how political ideologies can impact workplace dynamics. On one hand, employees have the\u200b right to express their personal beliefs,\u200b but on the other hand, employers \u2062have the responsibility \u2062to ensure that their business practices do not alienate\u2062 or discriminate against \u2063customers based on those beliefs. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/autoworkers-strike-expands-ahead-of-expected-appearances-from-trump-biden\/\" title=\"Auto workers&#039; strike grows as Trump and Biden set to make appearances.\">tensions highlighted<\/a> by this \u200csituation reflect the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-can-have-access-to-only-some-of-trumps-financial-records-judge-rules\/\" title=\"Democrats Can Have Access To Only Some Of Trump\u2019s Financial Records, Judge Rules\">polarized political climate<\/a> in the United States, where individuals and businesses are increasingly navigating the complexities of\u2063 social and political identity.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome also brings \u200bto light \u200dthe\u2062 potential \u200bconsequences for employees who speak\u200d out against prevailing norms or\u2063 who take a stand that \u200ccontradicts their\u2064 employer&#8217;s policies. For\u200d many,\u200c this serves as a\u2062 reminder \u200dof the delicate balance between personal\u200b convictions,\u200d professional\u200c obligations, and the repercussions that can arise within the\u2064 hospitality\u2063 industry, \u2062where customer service is paramount. As political divisions \u200dcontinue to deepen, the implications of such incidents will likely\u200b resonate across various sectors, prompting \u200cdiscussions \u2063about inclusivity, freedom of speech, and the role\u2064 of personal\u200d beliefs in the workplace.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DC bar server fired after claiming she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-bidens-performance-was-so-bad-people-started-to-wonder-if-he-hallucinated-audience-during-debate\/\" title=\"Watch: Biden&#039;s Performance Was So Bad, People Started to Wonder if He Hallucinated Audience During Debate\">wouldn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t serve Trump administration<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1912495\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A bar in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Washington D.C.<\/a> has fired one of its employees after she claimed she would not serve members of the incoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a>, which the bar cited as a violation of its &ldquo;zero-tolerance policy on discrimination.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Suzannah Van Rooy, a former part-time server at Beuchert&rsquo;s Saloon, recently informed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonian.com\/2024\/12\/11\/clashes-are-coming-for-trump-officials-dining-out-in-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the <em>Washingtonian<\/em><\/a>  that she would not serve anyone in office &ldquo;trying to deport millions of people,&rdquo; claiming that she would not feel &ldquo;comfortable&rdquo; serving them. Following these comments, as well as &ldquo;wildly offensive responses&rdquo; she made through the bar&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">social media<\/a> account, the restaurant fired her over her &ldquo;unforgivable behavior.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3220320\/greatest-comeback-trump-white-house-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>GREATEST COMEBACK? HERE&rsquo;S HOW TRUMP STACKS UP IN WHITE HOUSE HISTORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our staff and families (many of whom are personally offended by Ms. Van Rooy&rsquo;s comments about them) are still reeling from what Ms. Van Rooy said and did, and we as a restaurant are simply horrified to be associated with base prejudice,&rdquo; a statement from the bar&rsquo;s Facebook page read. &ldquo;None of us saw this coming, and regret deeply that the voices of over two dozen people who work at Beuchert&rsquo;s Saloon are being silenced because of one person&rsquo;s awful behavior.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBeuchertsSaloon%2Fposts%2Fpfbid023gLVMZucSyobgnt8L2hCBoq7aGpmdeb8RNGuXGn9P2bPG2W5XsvSPyUvsHLyRESKl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"265\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3220424\/how-democrats-can-adjust-to-avoid-future-defeats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>DEMOCRATS WEIGH CHANGE IN STRATEGY TO AVOID MIDTERM AND 2028 DEFEATS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bar confirmed Van Rooy&rsquo;s firing via a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, as she had violated the bar&rsquo;s &ldquo;zero-tolerance policy on discrimination and harassment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While the <em>Washingtonian<\/em> identified Van Rooy as a &ldquo;server and manager&rdquo; at Beuchert&rsquo;s Saloon, the bar has denied that she held the latter position, and was only a &ldquo;part time server.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The bar has also requested for the public not to condemn its other employees for the views of Van Rooy, assuring that it is &ldquo;still the same restaurant&rdquo; known for its welcoming service.<\/p>\n<p>Van Rooy&rsquo;s comments to the <em>Washingtonian <\/em>also detailed how there was previous enthusiasm to resist the Trump administration when he won in 2016. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3210669\/donald-trump-wins-2024-election-defeating-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">following Trump&rsquo;s victory in 2024<\/a>, she described &rdquo;a sense of defeat and acceptance,&rdquo; unlike with Trump&rsquo;s first victory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1912495\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1912495\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DC bar fires server for refusing to serve Trump officials<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2380356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP324857003054-1024x590.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[46857,36160,46858,32640,32076],"class_list":["post-2380354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dc-bar","tag-political-controversy","tag-server-fired","tag-trump-administration","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP324857003054-1024x590.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2380354"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2380358,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380354\/revisions\/2380358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2380356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2380354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2380354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2380354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}