Raheem Kassam

Here we are inside the now infamous Butterworths on Capitol Hill for the very special Boxing Day edition of The War Room.

I'm joined now by...

My business partner at this dear place and our executive chef and our sommelier and the guy who, when push comes to shove, scrubs everything in here from top to bottom and fixes everything.

And his name is Daniel Bart Hutchins.

Better known as Bart.

If you come in here and you're looking for him, especially if you're a terrorist, ask for Bart and ask for me.

I won't be of any use to you.

And, you know, there's been so much that's happened here, Bart, over... Firstly, thank you for being here.

Yeah, of course.

Thank you for being here.

There's been so much that's happened here in this space that for so very long, I think, you know, has been a thing of law to people.

A lot of this audience haven't been here, haven't even seen inside here, don't know what it's all about.

They may have read a thing or two.

But let's, before we get into the craziness,

Let's talk a little bit about how this came together because you're kind of not the sort of person that we would have thought would put together a place that has become known as a quote unquote MAGA hangout.

Now as I've already said on this program, I kind of repudiate that description.

I think it's definitely a hangout, but all sorts of people come through those doors.

But you were one of those people, once upon a time, at least staring through the windows of this place, window licking, some might say, when it was something else.

Yeah, I certainly think it's phenomenal.

And I'm the one who gets to eat and drink here.