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restaurants owners battling backlash over attendance at Trump riot.
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The staff at a local Chicago restaurant is receiving death threats after social media posts showed that Tank Noodle’s owners traveled to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, January 5, to support President Donald Trump.

On Wednesday night, social media posts with photos of the owners of began surfacing on Twitter, showing them on a plane to the nation’s capital with the intention of participating in protests opposing Trump’s Election Day defeat to Joe Biden.

Wednesday’s rally in D.C. turned violent as Americans watched rioters breach the U.S. Capitol in an effort to disrupt Biden’s certification as president. Lawmakers were forced to evacuate, United States Capitol Police fatally shot one of the rioters — a 35-year-old woman. Three others also reportedly died in or near the Capitol. On Thursday, the House Committee on Homeland Security called the protest a domestic terrorist attack. As photographs and videos of the attempted coup circulated after crowds dispersed, Chicagoans began to recognize names and faces from local businesses.

One photo shows owners of Tank Noodle in their seats on an airplane bound for D.C. Multiple users have alleged that Henry Chang — the owner of Boystown Pan Asian restaurant Ping Pong, Japanese restaurant Wakamono, and late-night cocktail den Wang’s — is in the photo as well. Chang disputes his attendance, texting Eater Chicago that it wasn’t him. “I have only been home and work. I don’t support violence,” he writes. Chang did not respond to follow-up questions.

Users have flooded Tank Noodle account with posts condemning the restaurant owners’ support of Trump and a willingness to ignore COVID-19 safety by boarding a plane during the pandemic. A post from Tank Noodle’s associate manager, Thien Ly, shows him and and another man alongside an image of his United Airlines boarding pass with the caption “Jan#6 Get Wild! #fightfortrump.”

A source close to Tank management confirms owners made the trip to D.C. The source also says the shop was “barely making it” during the pandemic. They say owners are worried that social media outrage will cause them to close their 21-year-old restaurant. But after Wednesday’s scene at the Capitol, many Chicagoans are aghast and don’t want to support anyone associated with the mobs in D.C.

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