TripAdvisor Review of Hotel Harrington, Washington DC, posted 12/29

Title: I was harassed outside this hotel by Antifa/BLM thugs

Content:

Little did I know that choosing to stay here was the beginning of the worst nightmare of my entire life!

I'm an African American woman, a senior citizen, and a US army veteran doctor. My granddaughter (11yo) and I (67) were verbally abused and assaulted outside of this hotel on the way back from dinner. It was rather late.

We were called "white supremacists" (?), "Nazis", "fascists", "racists", and a whole slew of other insults by these Antifa/BLM goons. We were extremely terrified!

The trigger for their outrage was my red MAGA hat. First they cursed the above, spit on us, and threw projectiles at us. I asked them to please leave us alone and let us go back to the hotel but this only made things worse. It was so horrifying!

They proceeded to push me down and then stole my purse! They pulled my granddaughter's hair when she shouted at them to stop attacking me and this made her cry and cling to my leg in fear.

We were afraid for our lives. The police and staff didn't do anything despite my pleas for justice and help. The hotel, to my astonishment, CANCELED our reservation after what happened without any explanation! They wouldn't allow me to speak with the management and just gave me some vague excuse about policy.

It's really sad to see what's become of some people in America and how they've been brainwashed into believing everything the mainstream media tells them. They were yelling at us for not wearing masks, but at the same time they were spitting on us and not respecting social distance! We aren't even sick for God's sake!

I'm just a peaceful old lady. I've always tried my best to do the right thing all my life. My grandchild loves math and science and she's bullied in school because she's half-white and Christian, and now this. What a scarring experience! This is all just really, really sad.

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