DC is such a weird place to live, you guys.

Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Images Spectatorsin line to enter Shaw's Tavern in DC, as they watch as James Comey testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Former FBI director James Comey, who accused President Donald Trump of encouraging him to drop at least one aspect of the Russia investigation, is finally testifying in Congress. So obviously, DC residents hung out at bars to watch it together.

Hundreds gathered at Shaw's Tavern and Union Pub in Washington to watch the Comey hearing Thursday morning. Shaw's Tavern opened early to show the hearing and offer "Comey Covfefe specials." The line was down the block before the hearing started at 10 a.m.



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The bar offered drink and breakfast specials themed around the hearing, but sadly didn't start serving alcohol until 11 a.m., an hour into the event.

These are the specials for today.

Here's the Covfefe Coffee: I got covfefe in a to-go cup. It was very cinnamon-y.

And an FBI sandwich. I'm told these are the FBI sandwiches. Watch out for that Top Secret sauce.

A lot of people at Shaw's Tavern, both in line and outside, tried to get some work done while they waited for the hearing to pick up. Many people brought laptops to the event, hoping to work remotely. It is, after all, a Thursday morning.

A woman trying to get work done at the bar told BuzzFeed News she came because she was interested in watching the "political theater" unfolding.



Still not over this line. One woman told me she brought her laptop to multitask while here.

"I feel like it's a dark time in this country and the world and I feel like this is DC's way of coming together and watching democracy work. It's a historic moment," said Samantha Feinstein, who lives in DC. (She noted that her last name is pronounced differently than that of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who is grilling Comey this morning).

Feinstein sat at a table where she didn't know everyone. "I think it's important that we share these experiences together."

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An hour and a half into the hearing, people were still lined up outside, waiting to get in. Approximately 150 were in the building, not counting those seated outside and waiting in line. A woman who has worked at Shaw's Tavern for a few years told BuzzFeed News she'd only seen the bar that full a few times.

View from in here. Some of the reaction I've heard to Comey include "whoas" and scattered clapping.

Meanwhile, over at Union Pub... It's, uh, not empty in here either. Also I was ID'd to get in.