Eric Trump says he was spit on at Chicago restaurant
Eric Trump, son of President Donald Trump, said Tuesday he was spat on by an employee at a Chicago-area restaurant.
"It was purely a disgusting act by somebody who clearly has emotional problems," the President's third child told conservative site Breitbart News by phone Tuesday evening.
The Chicago Police Department was on the scene and assisted Secret Service, per CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.
"CPD was on scene and assisting the United States Secret Service with a law enforcement matter. Any and all inquiries regarding a federal protectee must be directed to the Secret Service," Guglielmi tweeted .
A United States Secret Service spokesperson declined to comment to CNN, and did not respond to inquiries on whether charges had been filed.
Eric Trump cast blame for the incident, which took place at upscale cocktail bar and restaurant Aviary, more broadly on the Democratic Party.
"For a party that preaches tolerance, this once again demonstrates they have very little civility. When somebody is sick enough to resort to spitting on someone, it just emphasizes a sickness and desperation and the fact that we're winning," he told Breitbart.
Trump, who, along with his brother, leads their father's real estate business, was in town for a visit to Trump Hotel Chicago .
While this is the first such reported incident targeting Eric Trump, members of the Trump administration have previously faced confrontations at the dinner table. Press secretary Sarah Sanders was asked to leave a Lexington, Virginia, restaurant last June. And then-Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was heckled by protesters as she dined at a Mexican restaurant near the White House
Hocker landed on his forehead
Eric Trump made six sweeping generalizations in his remarks.
Maybe you should get your little ticket book out.
I find it appalling that we are paying for him to have secret service.
Of course he runs to breitbart.
I'm waiting for one of the elephants he shoots at to sit on him.
Maybe a lion could get in a good bite.
Yeah but what about his pointy head? Are you even thinking about the elephants, John?
Every time I read about a trophy hunter being killed by the animal they are hunting, I get a smile on my face.
Did you also find it "appalling" when other presidents' immediate family members were protected by Secret Service, or is your disgust reserved only for Trump?
By the way, Obama changed the coverage during his presidency:
Most presidents had underage children, not 40 year old men that could well afford it on their own.
Good point
The official Secret Service website that I linked in comment 4.2 specifically states:
There are no age limits for a sitting POTUS' and VP's immediate families. Even Michelle Obama's mother had Secret Service protection. By the way, Eric Trump is 35, not 40. Good try.
The End.
End of what....you thinking you somehow changed my mind? No such luck as I can have an opinion whether you like it or not.
He is a scumbag that we are paying to protect as he runs around the world running daddy's company.
Obama's mother actually stayed in the WH to look after their underage children.
Hear that? I can have an opinion on it and I will post it.
The End...
Well nuff said then, right?
Are we sure? I'm thinking it's a little less than half. Obama, Clinton, Carter, Kennedy?
Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, GHWB, GWB...weren't all their kids grown?
So it really is just a Trump resentment thing....
Only in your mind.
How you get Kennedy when John was a child, the Obama girls were in school, Chelsea Clinton was in school, Bush twins were underage....
I hear you, so have at it, because I never shut down others' First Amendment rights. Have a lovely afternoon and evening.
Being "in school" has no relevance to Secret Service protection. Malia Obama was 18+ while her father was still POTUS and had SS protection. To my knowledge, no one had a problem with this. Next.
All sitting President's immediate family are afforded protection.
Once out of office, children are protected until age 16.
Still underage.
Yes. Those were the examples of presidents with underage kids. You forgot about Amy Carter, BTW.
They were 19.
So the majority of presidents had grown kids. All of whom got Secret Service protection.
You neglected to define "underage". In 47 US states, 18 is the legal age of majority (emancipation/adult status).
Good-bye.
Yet still underage as 21 is considered grown, depending on some laws.
Does that mean you will no longer respond to me? Good.
It appears that we have members on this site who no longer give a shit about their kids once they reach the age of majority. Personally, I would be as devastated and terrified if my kids who are now 44 and 40 were to be kidnapped as I would have been when they were 4 or 14. You don't have to imagine the position a POTUS would be in if his/her kid, 4, or 14, or 40 were to be kidnapped and certain political demands were made on the POTUS in order for the kid to survive. I think it was well explained by Jeb Bartlett (Martin Sheen) in the West Wing TV series, when his daughter wanted more freedom. Hopefully you can open this:
Nope, can't open it
Did you watch The West Wing TV series? It was during an episode when the President's daughter complained about the restrictions she was bound to, and the requirement of always being accompanied by the Secret Service. The POTUS explains to her what would happen if in fact she was kidnapped and then the POTUS given the choice of her death or the POTUS having to do some horrible political thing like demand that the Prime Minister of Israel release all the terrorist prisoners in the Israeli jails. In fact in another episode she DOES get kidnapped.
I did but that was a long time ago.
I remember liking the series.
Reminds me of the magic loogie.
In mid-air, mind you...
Is there nothing too low to stoop to for a Trump-hater?
I notice your little laughing avatar is lying down....so your answer is no, nothing too low?
That is what makes the most sense in this case.
You have to get outrageously low just to see the top of a Trump's head.
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Why is the top of Trump's head something you would want to look at?
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Just to make sure Putin didn't install a remote control wire into it.
That made me remember that Rump is at the G-20 summit now and we won't know anything about when he meets with little Putin later.
I'm sure the Rump has his kneepads ready and little Putin will let him know what a good job he's been doing for him.
If he thinks Trump has done a good job, he will hand him a tissue when he is done. If not, it will be a walk of shame for Trump to the nearest bathroom.
Nope...the untolerant left acting like animals again.
So one person spits on a Rump and it's all the left who are intolerant?
Did anyone try to run him down with a car...?
Well I didn't say that, but if you insist.
Not yet that I know of.
Maybe it has just ben a lack of opportunity?
Well said.
Well hopefully he doesn't play softball with Republicans.
That can be hazardous to your health with all the left wing moon-bats flitting about these days .....
Well you said the intolerant left so . . .
Naw
Nope.
Not for the party of inclusiveness. You are free game if you don't goosestep in exact unison with their narrative.
Ironic isn't it?
It was a female employee, she was questioned by Eric Trump's security detail, and released. Had she actually spit (spat?) on him, she would have been arrested immediately for assault.
The fact that this disgusting act is being cheered by some is telling.
There were many 'deplorables' that hated Hillary...nobody spit on Chelsea. Shall we wait until the Obama girls grow up a little and spit on them to show disdain for their father, or do we even need to wait?
There is a meltdown occurring...and we will ALL pay the price.
Where has anyone, "Cheered On", spitting on anyone no matter how justified?
Though it should be noted that Sasha and Malia Obama were just kids and not clueless embarrassments of elephant killing trophy hunting grown men...
Some statements in the article are :
And there is go-fundme page set up for the waitress :
No person should be spat on. About the only good thing out of this is that it seems everybody is working to keep the identity of the waitress out of the press, which helps to control/eliminate the inevitable death threats that would come out. I would hope that everybody could agree that death threats are as wrong as assault and should not be tolerated by any political party.
The waitress should be fired because spitting on people is not only assault it's also a health hazard, especially around food.
Of course, I think licking your finger to turn pages should be outlawed, so....
Lol, I don't know about you but that's the only way I can flip through the reams of paperwork I have
It's called a finger condom
I'm really not a germaphobe but other people's spit bugs me
I think they do, that's why they can drink out of toilets and mud puddles
I find that reduces the sensitivity and enjoyment (sorry couldn't resist )
Not just "spitting on people", but spitting on a CUSTOMER.
My question: WAS she fired?
Well, I thought it was implied when I said "people, especially around food."
I have no idea if she's been fired
We can all thank Maxine Waters for being one of the initial instigators. The assaults have gone beyond the Trump Administration (think Covington high school).