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Trumps outrageous VIP party plans for DC Fourth of July will create absolute bedlam: ex-White House ethics chief
Published 11 hours ago on June 29, 2019
By Matthew Chapman
On Saturday, former Office of Government Ethics director Walter Shaub took to Twitter blasting President Donald Trumps move to put the Fourth of July fireworks display directly in the heart of Washington, D.C., and section off the Lincoln Memorial and part of the reflecting pool for friends, family, and ticketed VIPs:
Link to tweet
More:
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/06/trumps-outrageous-vip-party-plans-for-dc-fourth-of-july-will-create-absolute-bedlam-ex-white-house-ethics-chief/
RockRaven
(15,003 posts)I think absolute bedlam, while undesirable in general, created (and predictably so) by a Trump decision ought to be given the highest profile possible so even ignorant generally-oblivious fence-sitters can be made aware of his absolute lunacy and incompetence. July 4th on the mall will fit that bill, I think.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)SOP for that dictator-wannabe
Mme. Defarge
(8,044 posts)Someone in our government needs to file suit to stop this on our behalf.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)It is.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,595 posts)It's just going to be one big Trump campaign rally, all paid for by the U.S. taxpayer.
I haven't seen any promotions on the news, so maybe they'll relegate the whole thing to a 90 second package.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Last edited Sun Jun 30, 2019, 01:25 PM - Edit history (1)
will be airing "A Capitol Fourth". The major networks as well as cable CNN, MSNBC, and Faux have re-runs and fill-in programming for the evening.
The less coverage, the better.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,595 posts)According to PBS, "Americas Independence Day celebration, 'A Capitol Fourth,' is broadcast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, before a concert audience of hundreds of thousands, millions more at home, and our troops watching around the world on the American Forces Network." The event will also be live-streamed on YouTube and Facebook.
In its description, advice and directions to the event, the website Tripsavvy says "tickets are not required" and my favorite slam, "There are other events on the National Mall for the 4th of July that you can check out as well."
Fat Donnie will not be there.
Judi Lynn
(160,630 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,630 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)music and fireworks.
DBoon
(22,397 posts)they should
malaise
(269,172 posts)No serious anchors or hosts are ever around. That's the fun part
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,595 posts)Don't tell him Mexico has a July 4th, too. It's right between July 3rd and July 5th.
malaise
(269,172 posts)He's the best at everything
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)People are going to get hurt.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)there are going to be people who get trumpled underfoot!
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,630 posts)Volaris
(10,274 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,630 posts)musette_sf
(10,206 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)MBS
(9,688 posts)SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)Let the open spaces be evidently OPEN..BARE of people.. Show him to be the LOSER he is..
malaise
(269,172 posts)That is all
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)You, Mr. & Ms. America, get to pay for the republican FatKat Party with your tax dollars. Too bad you are ordinary people, and thus not invited to get anywhere near the action.
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nuxvomica
(12,443 posts)then Trump will forever afterward be known as the president that ruined the Fourth of July. Pundits will pinpoint the date as "the day he lost the election."
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,585 posts)Will boats be allowed on the Potomac to watch the fireworks?
Traffic is outrageous on a normal 4th. Trump's VIPs will have trouble just getting there.
FUBAR
JHB
(37,162 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)MBS
(9,688 posts)Of course, by their very nature, T-storms are unpredictable. So there will not be any way of knowing for sure ahead of time.
But here's hoping for a severe T-storm, coupled with downpour, about 67:30 pm in downtown DC on the 4th.
Captain Zero
(6,823 posts)It's what I am rooting for...
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)providing they're not too busy protecting children from the *horror* of being read to by drag queens. I was going to avoid this shit show, but friends and I have decided to bike in, weather permitting. The drunken Beach Boys mud-fest of the early '80s was an adventure; I imagine this will be too.
UTUSN
(70,742 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)So he'll hear nary a discouraging word to wound his wee widdle republican ego.
Meanwhile, republicans are making US taxpayers foot the bill for Dirty Donny's private celebrity party.
That sucks. Hugely.