As law enforcement officials brace for potential violent unrest around the inauguration of Joe Biden, the National Mall will reportedly be closed off entirely on Jan. 20.
And Trump will declare: “See! I can create a way bigger inauguration crowd than Biden!”
Delusion is why we can’t have nice things.
Trump will tweet next Wednesday his crowd was bigger than Joe Biden’s…
His second tweet will be- How did 81 million vote for Biden if no one showed up for his inauguration?
Oh wait he can’t…
Slightly OT, but this reminds me of Election Night 2008 in Grant Park, Chicago, when hours before the celebration I inadvertently ambled into the Secret Service command & control zone (on the hill where the Field Museum is) & sat on a bench overlooking the rally site & went undiscovered until 9pm by two Chicago PD on bikes.
I’ll tell you all the deets over a beer sometime. You’re buying, right?
“The National Mall will only be accessible to security officials and journalists covering the inauguration”
Sort of like how access to the Capitol building was restricted on the 6th I suppose.
In the hours and days after the insurrection, some politicians and media commentators said “our democracy survived.” But, as we see here, the insurrectionists have caused (and will continue to cause) serious damage.
First round’s on you.
You insisted January 6th was a watershed moment that would change discourse.
The impeachment and statements at that proved that nothing has changed.
All this because millions of Americans can’t believe that a president whose approval ratings were underwater and who was behind in the polls by 6-9 points the entire year could possibly have lost a presidential election. And they believe this on no other evidence than that a documented serial liar says so.
It’s mass psychosis.
I really wanted to be there but my Mom wouldn’t let me. Seriously.
Better make dang sure they are real journalists…not like the idiot W.Va (now-former) legislator Derrick Evans who broke into the Capitol Building pretending to be part of the Independent Media…Also, better check Credentials of OANN.
Fantastic news for the safety of Biden, Harris and their families but a piss-poor situation for America.
beat me to it!
Piss poor optics but this is the Country we have not the one we wish we had.
Thanks Donald Trump - The biggest mess you ever created.
Beat everyone to it…!
@castor_troy and @agnesbee: Hold it right there. Your proposed fraternization for social intercourse (i.e. dating) between members of the Hive’s Select Committee is not, nor will it likely ever be, authorized. So cool your jets and stick to your keyboards.
The Management
Well 15k national guard on the streets may make a bit of difference
we shall see…
This decision (in-my-humble-opinion) is an admission- that- with an arsenal of weapons and law enforcement personnel so vast- we could supply numerous nations…we CANNOT protect an incoming President…
because U.S. local, state and national law enforcement agencies have been infiltrated with conspiracy kooks and extremists….to the point where any-one of those on duty on January 20, 2021, may very well do harm to Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and their families.
Too late. I’ve already secured the receipt from their (brief) stay at this place earlier this morning.
Will provide said receipt to you later tonight over drinks at the Bees Knees where we can talk things over.
If only Bernie Sanders hadn’t incited Antifa.