Members of the group are known to be white-nationalists. We want to sincerely apologize to the community of Friendship Heights for inadvertently hosting this meeting, which resulted in hateful sentiment. Fake news writers need to meet the real reporters who die trying to do their jobs I was very happy to see them all crying when Hillary didn’t win. Or would you think such a scene could only happen in some kind of sick fever dream. “This was a last minute booking made Friday afternoon, and the reservation was made under a different name, therefore we were not aware that NPI was dining with us or what the group represents,” Steve Provost, the president of the 51-restaurant chain, said in a statement posted to Facebook. The post, authored by a managing parter named Jennifer concludes: "We are open to the public and serve delicious food to guests who come from all walks of life. Especially last summer when all that happened. Let us recuperate a little bit over a year. Is the alt-right anti-Semitic? The only party we favor is the one which serves lasagna with marinara sauce and a good red wine." Are retards because I love getting grabbed by the pussy! If someone told you that reality star Tila Tequila would give the Heil Hitler salute at a Friendship Heights station Maggiano's Little Italy restaurant, would you believe them?
– A private banquet dinner, a reality-TV star, and a tweet showing a Nazi salute have placed a DC Italian restaurant in the center of controversy. Maggiano's Little Italy hosted a dinner Friday for a group that had a conference in DC the next day, apparently without knowing the group was the National Policy Institute, known for its white nationalist members, Washington City Paper and the Washington Post report. How the restaurant became clued in: a protest against NPI that formed at the eatery, followed by dinner attendee Tila Tequila sending out a tweet showing herself and two men performing the Nazi salute along with the caption "Seig [sic] heil!" Tequila's Twitter account was suspended Monday, Twitter confirmed to BuzzFeed, though it didn't elaborate. Maggiano's posted on Facebook Monday the dinner had been a "last minute booking" and that NPI had used a different name on the reservation. The restaurant also railed against Tequila's tweet, saying, "This expression of support of Hitler is extremely offensive to us, as our restaurant is home to Teammates and Guests of every race, religion, and cultural background." It says it's donating all profits from Friday's sales—$10,000—to DC's Anti-Defamation League. The Tab caught up to Tequila at the airport, where she claimed she and her photo mates were "just trolling everyone," adding, "I think it's so funny to get a rise out of people who are so easily triggered by things like that."