DC pizza shop owner calls for unity after facing backlash from locals for congratulating Trump [Video]

The owner of a pizzeria in Washington, D.C., believes other businesses in the nation’s capital should stand for unity as President-elect Donald Trump enters the White House next month, even if they face backlash for doing so.

Mariya Rusciano, who runs Menomale Pizza in Brookland alongside her husband Ettore, knows firsthand what that means. On November 6, the small business owner and registered Democrat, waded into hot water after she shared a post to X congratulating Trump on his election victory. 

“The people have spoken. @realDonaldTrump won the popular vote and the electoral college. Congratulations!” The Menomale Pizza owner wrote on X on November 6. “Can we gift @WhiteHouse a nice Italian wood burning pizza oven?”

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The post was flooded with angry comments from DC residents, where over 92% of the electorate voted for Vice President Kamala Harris.

One local asked Rusciano if she was “trying to …