DC restaurant offers special named after indicted GOP lawmaker

A Washington, D.C., bar is offering a drink special after it was listed among the locales where Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) allegedly spent campaign funds illegally.

El Tamarindo, located in the district’s Adams Morgan neighborhood, is offering a $10 “Duncan Combo” on Thursday and Friday that includes a steak taco and a Jose Cuervo tequila shot.

Amigos! As a nod to the #Duncan controversy. TODAY AND TOMORROW ONLY, we are offering our $10 “Duncan Combo” It includes one steak taco and a Jose Cuervo tequila shot, Salud! #ElTamDC https://t.co/BDimOxneID

— El Tamarindo DC (@ElTamarindoDC) August 23, 2018

The restaurant is capitalizing on the controversy after a Department of Justice indictment showed that Hunter spent $462.46 at the bar in March 2016. Hunter allegedly visited the bar with a bachelor party, ordering 30 shots of tequila and one steak.

{mosads}Hunter and his wife, Margaret, were arraigned on Thursday morning in California after being indicted earlier this week for allegedly misusing $250,000 in campaign funds. Both pleaded not guilty to the 60 counts against them.

El Tamarindo is the latest D.C. haunt to seize on big political names in the news cycle. 

The Bird, a bar located in the district’s Shaw neighborhood, offered guests $5 “Moscow Mueller” drinks each time special counsel Robert Mueller announced an indictment in his investigation into Russian interference.

Celebrity chef José Andrés, who has a long-running feud with President Trump, offered a free drink last November at any of his D.C.-area restaurants to employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) amid an ongoing dispute over who should lead the agency.