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Aussie lawyer’s MAGA hotspot takes on midterm culture war

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
October 28, 2026 • 01:25 AM
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Washington DC residents will next week vote on a potential ban of foie gras. Butterworth’s chef Bart Hutchins says the idea is “historically illiterate”.

Aussie lawyer’s MAGA hotspot takes on midterm culture war

Butterworth’s is the Washington DC restaurant set up by Australian-born lawyer and former Young Liberal Alex Butterworth . He has never been shy about his politics and neither has the bar’s core demo.

Opened in 2024, the bistro-pub hybrid became a magnet for Make America Great Again movement standard-bearers such as Steve Bannon . Since Donald Trump stormed back into the White House, a steady stream of Republican aides and their bosses has made it their favourite watering hole.

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