The high temperature in Washington DC for Monday is forecast to be 25 degrees, which sounds really cold until you consider that it’s likely the warmest day going forward until Friday – just another reason that the Trump team moved the inauguration indoors in a decision made Friday. Though no one here intends to spare the new Trump administration anything in the coming years, it is not only sensible to move the entire matter inside, it is responsible to the point that they’re likely saving a few lives in so doing. Try to imagine how long your baby blue-flagged alpha male neighbor would wait outside to see Trump give it to the libtards from the podium and then consider what it would’ve taken to get the same neighbor to say, “It just got too cold, we couldn’t wait any longer… ” And there you have it. It had to be moved indoors as the only safe, responsible, solution. Still – that doesn’t mean the decision isn’t already causing problems. The people holding tickets to the inauguration are now really left out in the cold.
Who knew that you had to have a “ticket” to the inauguration? For anyone presuming that simply being on the Mall at the right time was good enough, it is not. Evidently one needs a ticket, and evidently many many tickets to Trump’s triumph have been distributed, not a single solitary one of which will do fck-all good when the person shows up at the Capitol building on Monday. As Politico reports:
Just a tiny fraction of committed Trump supporters who traveled to Washington will get to see the ceremonies in person. The rotunda crowd will mostly be comprised of lawmakers, other high-ranking officials and Trump’s family. In addition to disappointed ticket holders, a shout out to Republican staffers on Capitol Hill, who watched weeks of work on securing tickets for constituents collapse, with basically no members of the general public able to attend.
Makes one long for the days of concert tickets, “Rain or Shine” – doesn’t it? Of course, Lalapalooza is sensible enough to book Chicago in the summer, not DC in the middle of January. Again, other than not running for president in the first place, there really was no “good answer” to this. Even if they had moved the whole thing to the arena up the street, you’re still talking about only 20,000 people, leaving ten times as many furious that they still weren’t cool enough to get in while all those other jackasses did.
A memo from the House Sergeant at Arms sent to House offices Friday told them to “relay to constituents that their tickets will be commemorative,” with few exceptions.
Yeah. Moreover, if you ever wondered why a person needs a billion dollars – here’s your answer. You can be sure as Zuck that Elon, Bezos, and that other guy will be indoors watching with a frighteningly fond attachment unseen since teen girls bought Beetles tickets. There are times when a person wants to be an exception. Unless one’s ticket had “All Access: Backstage” or something on it – that person will be on the outside looking in. Musk, Bezos, et. al. can sit in the Rotunda and tickle each other for all anyone cares.
So ticket holders are now just that, people holding tickets – nothing more. Perhaps the actual printed tickets will become more valuable as souvenirs given the distinction. Before one just waives a hand at the idea, consider again all those things your neighbor considers important. They damn sure aren’t giving any refunds, Sunshine.
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didn’t they raise enough $ for spaceheaters?
It went into trump’s pocket.
The wind chi°ll is supposed to take it down to approximately 10°F.
And that’s just inside their chest cavity where a heart usually resides.