Restaurant patrons defend McConnell as protester interrupts meal

Published October 20, 2018 6:42pm ET



Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Ky., was confronted Friday night by at least one angry diner, while other customers at the restaurant in Louisville called on hecklers to let the senator and his wife to eat in peace.

In a video, obtained by TMZ, a man can be seen yelling at McConnell to leave the country and hounding him on issues such as Social Security.

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