Political Pattie’s in Washington, D.C., removed the Republican elephant and Democratic donkey from its logo just after opening as critics bashed the new bar for showing the GOP mascot.

Owners of the U Street “sports bar of political affairs” 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.

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