A radical left business owner in Driggs, Idaho, is under fire for not only kicking conservatives out of his establishment, but also comparing them to one of the most noxious hate groups in history.
On Monday, pro-life activist Kristan Hawkins was sitting inside Wydaho Roasters Coffee House with her son, Bear, and other members of a group called Campaign for Abortion Free Cities when owner Jim Sheehan angrily walked up to them.
The group, which Bear founded, is working to defeat a late-term abortion referendum that will go before Idaho voters on November 3.
Sheehan, an ardent pro-abortion activist, was furious that the group dared to frequent his establishment and ordered them to leave.
Hawkins was rightfully upset and pointed out that they had a right to be there, but Sheehan remained unmoved.
He told the group that he had worked to put the abortion amendment on the ballot and that he had a right to refuse service.
After Hawkins started protesting again, Sheehan then said, “If the KKK asked to meet here, I would say no.”
Hawkins could not believe what she heard and asked Sheehan if he really believed pro-lifers were no different than the Ku Klux Klan.
He said yes and ordered them to leave again.
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Wydaho Roasters Coffee House just kicked out our@Campaign4AFC group, led by my 16-year-old son, Bear. They compared US to the KKK… even though Planned Parenthood’s founder, Margaret Sanger, spoke for the KKK.
We paid for our food. We weren’t protesting or disrupting anyone.… pic.twitter.com/LUu81WsSr5
— Kristan Hawkins (@KristanHawkins) August 18, 2026
SHEEHAN: I said everybody here is welcome, but I don’t want this group meeting here.
HAWKINS: Sir, we’re just meeting for the first meeting…
SHEEHAN: I don’t care. Go to the public library! This is my place of business!
HAWKINS: But I thought this was like…We come here all the time. We already bought our food and stuff.
SHEEHAN: That’s fine.
HAWKINS: You’re kicking us out? We’re just…
SHEEHAN: I have made it very clear that I did not want you here.
I did a lot of work to get people on the ballot so women would have the right to choose in the state of Idaho, and this is something I do not support, nor does my wife, and it’s our business, so we have that choice.
HAWKINS: So you’re kicking us out? You’re kicking out me and Bear, who is starting this group? You’re kicking us out?
SHEEHAN: It’s like, if the KKK asked to meet here, I would say no.
HAWKINS: So you think pro-lifers are like the KKK?
SHEEHAN: In my world, it’s the same sort of concept.
HAWKINS: That is so beyond far. Pro-lifers who advocate for the dignity of every human life, even children in the womb, you are saying we are like the KKK.
SHHEHAN: I’ve made my point clear. I asked you guys not to meet here.
While Sheehan has a huge problem with pro-lifers, he is more than happy to host an event called Queer Coffee Hour. An unsurprising double standard.
After being kicked out, Hawkins went on X to note that, based on Sheehan’s decision, not a single Christian should have to worry about baking a gay wedding cake.
This seemed to refer to a key Supreme Court decision from 2018. The Court ruled 7–2 in favor of Jack Phillips, a Christian baker who refused to design a wedding cake for an activist same-sex couple because of his religious beliefs.
Christian bakers everywhere: *sigh of relief* they no longer have to bake the gay wedding cake. https://t.co/OJFELdkL2f
— Kristan Hawkins (@KristanHawkins) August 18, 2026
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