If you want to have a drink while watching former FBI director James Comey testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, you’re in luck.
Bars in Washington, DC, San Francisco, and Houston, Texas, are opening early on Thursday to screen Comey’s testimony, which is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. EST.
“Come on… you know you want to watch the drama unfold this Thursday,” Shaw’s Tavern, which will be serving $5 Stoli vodka and “FBI” sandwiches, wrote on Facebook. “Grab your friends, grab a drink and let’s COVFEFE!”
Responses on social media ranged from excitement to eye-rolling:
Only in DC would a restaurant/bar play the Comey Hearing live and feature themed food and drinks. If you haven't heard it's at Shaw's Tavern pic.twitter.com/iIJzxUYsKN
— Samantha-Jo Roth (@SamanthaJoRoth) June 5, 2017
At least one Houston bar (@axelradhouston) is hosting a Comey testimony watch party. From 9 a.m. to noon. Today's politics, man.
— Lindsay Ellis (@lindsayaellis) June 6, 2017
I'm sure you're familiar with watching sports at a bar, but a hearing? #OnlyInDC https://t.co/pFBDQGwWYh
— DMV Listings (@DmvListings) June 6, 2017
At Thursday's hearing, the ex-FBI director is expected to ake his first public comments since he was fired by President Trump, with no warning, in May.
Here's the list of bars that are open early for the highly-anticipated political "drama." Please send along any we've missed to [email protected]!
- Shaw's Tavern's "Comey Hearing Covfefe" in Washington, DC Duffy's Irish Pub's "James Comey Show" featuring the "Covfefe cocktail" in Washington, DC The Partisan's Comey Hearing viewing party in Washington, DC Axelrad Beer Garden's "SUPER BOWL of Washington" in Houston, Texas Clooney's Pub in San Francisco, according to reports from SF Gate, which has a good round up of San Francisco bars that are open at 6 a.m. PDT and will show the testimony Ace's Bar in San Francisco Gina & Carlo's in San Francisco
