{"id":2346980,"date":"2024-09-28T06:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T10:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dcs-political-patties-axes-party-mascots-from-logo-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-28T06:15:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T10:15:14","slug":"dcs-political-patties-axes-party-mascots-from-logo-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dcs-political-patties-axes-party-mascots-from-logo-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"DC&#8217;s Political Pattie&#8217;s axes party mascots from logo &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdcs-political-patties-axes-party-mascots-from-logo-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2346980&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Political Pattie\u2019s, a new bar in Washington, D.C., recently removed \u2063the Republican\u2062 elephant and Democratic donkey from its logo following backlash from critics \u2064who disapproved of the GOP symbol. The \u2064owners, centrist Republican Andrew Benbow and\u200d his Democratic partner Sydney Bradford, originally\u2064 intended to \u2062create a politically-themed bar,\u2064 but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-facebooks-zuckerberg-needs-to-surrender-communications-with-fauci-over-covid-19\/\" title=\"House GOP: Facebook\u2019s Zuckerberg Needs to Surrender Communications With Fauci Over COVID-19\">faced significant criticism<\/a>, particularly in a liberal area known for its vibrant LGBTQ+ community. The decision to alter the logo was made to avoid further controversy. Benbow shared \u200cthat \u2062they aimed to tap into D.C.&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">political culture<\/a>, though the response was unexpected.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DC&rsquo;s Political Pattie&rsquo;s axes party mascots from logo after hate over GOP elephant<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1770560\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Political Pattie&rsquo;s in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Washington, D.C.,<\/a> removed the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican<\/a> elephant and <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic<\/a> donkey from its logo just after <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>opening<\/a> as critics bashed the new <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/restaurants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>bar<\/a> for showing the GOP mascot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Owners of the U Street &ldquo;sports bar of political affairs&rdquo; made the decision to drop the mascots following online hate over the inclusion of the GOP elephant in an area dominated by liberals and gay bars.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because D.C. is such a political city I thought that it just made sense,&rdquo; Andrew Benbow, who identifies as a centrist Republican and opened the bar with his Democratic partner Sydney Bradford, told FOX 5 DC. &ldquo;It was very apropos that we set up a political bar in Washington, D.C. &hellip; Little did we know.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DC BAR FACING BACKLASH &#127864;&#127482;&#127480;<\/p>\n<p>Political Pattie&rsquo;s on U Street in NW had a donkey and elephant painted on the outside to represent both democrats and republicans. However, many took issue with the GOP elephant and now the business painted over the logo to stop any further&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DqgXyB6kov\">pic.twitter.com\/DqgXyB6kov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sierra Fox (@thesierrafox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thesierrafox\/status\/1839449542908924125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The goal of the bar was to develop a &ldquo;safe space&rdquo; for people to come and have political discourse, according to Bradford.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s really important for folks to know that we also, though, don&rsquo;t support the debating [of] anyone&rsquo;s existence,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t support any discrimination of any kind. Frankly, that is not going to be tolerated here at Pattie&rsquo;s.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Imagery is powerful, according to the owners, and both Benbow and Bradford chose to paint over the elephant and donkey when the former made online commentators uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It may just look like a GOP elephant to some people, but to others, they might have a real visceral reaction to it that makes them feel unsafe,&rdquo; Bradford said. <\/p>\n<p>Despite axing the logos, Benbow said the city still needs a place where people of all views can get together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If we can be of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elite-private-academy-refuses-to-show-race-based-curriculum-to-parents\/\" title=\"Elite Private Academy Refuses To Show Race-Based Curriculum To Parents\">differing political views<\/a> and still fall in love, surely, two people of two completely [differing] worldviews can come together and have a conversation and get to learn each other,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s important for both sides to be represented.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The logo outside Political Pattie&rsquo;s simply reads &ldquo;Pattie&rsquo;s Bar.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1770560\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1770560\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DC&#8217;s Political Pattie\u2019s removes party mascots from logo after backlash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2644,"featured_media":2346982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-27-at-10.28.31%E2%80%AFAM-1024x561.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[17418,6142,41898,3753,32076],"class_list":["post-2346980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-dc","tag-logo","tag-party-mascots","tag-political","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-27-at-10.28.31%E2%80%AFAM-1024x561.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2644"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2346980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2346982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}