Eric Trump, the son of US President Donald Trump, is accusing a Chicago cocktail bar waitress of spitting on him Tuesday night, NBC Chicago reported.
Following the incident, the bar in question has since come forward to apologize on behalf of the waitress and also express their dismay at the rallying cry of people demanding the business be shut down.
Trump was allegedly dining in the cocktail lounge when a female employee of the bar approached him and spit on him. It's unclear whether the accused was serving Trump and his group that evening.
Police responded to the scene at around 10:30 pm and the woman was taken into custody by US Secret Service and later released.
In a tweet responding to the incident, Guglielmi said that, "all inquiries regarding a federal protectee must be directed to the Secret Service."
Following the incident, Trump was seen leaving the Aviary bar in a motorcade of two black SUVs.
Although the tweet went out at around 10:45 pm, a few hours after the alleged incident, Trump made no mention of it in the caption.
In an interview with Breitbart News, he added that the woman who allegedly spat on him "clearly has emotional problems."
"For a party that preaches tolerance, this once again demonstrates that they have very little civility," Trump said. "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."
In a statement made to CNN, the business said the event was not witnessed by bar management, and that they're still learning the details.
"What is certain is this: no customer should ever be spit upon," they said.
Since the incident took place, the Aviary has been subjected to harassment by people condemning it for its employee's actions towards Trump.
"Hundreds of people are calling for the demise of our business, threatening our employees, and posting fake reviews," the Aviary said. "They are wrong to do so based on the actions of a lone individual."
They added, "So too, however, are those people wrong who are praising this as an act of civil disobedience."
Trump supporters have shared in his condemnation of the events. One Twitter user wrote, "This is the constant form of behavior that we see in [Liberals]. A disagreement of views is always handled through some sort of violence."
Another chimed in and said, "So much for the tolerant left. I cannot imagine how deranged someone would be to spit on a human being."
One Twitter user said, "Didn't Happen. He wasn't her type," referencing Trump's own father's comments in denying the rape allegations against him by E. Jean Carroll.
Another brushed off the event and said, "Oh well, spit happens.'
In response to this, many users commented that they're fairly certain most servers already utilize the old "spit in their food" move while dealing with the Trump family.
"I'm astounded, not that he was spit upon but that it was the first time," one user wrote. "I just assumed their food out was composed of 90% bodily fluids by now."
This person posted a picture of Melania Trump's controversial jacket bearing the words, "I really don't care, do U?" on the back to emphasize just how indifferent they feel towards the whole incident.
h/t: NBC Chicago
