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My Pet Orangutan

(9,257 posts)
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 01:35 PM Nov 2020

Trump will-hold his election night party inside the White House with up to 400 invitees.

Source: New York Times

President Trump’s election night party will be held in the East Room of the White House, and aides are discussing inviting roughly 400 people, according to two officials familiar with the discussions.

The party had been moved from the Trump Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, the original venue chosen by the campaign, in part because of rules in Washington prohibiting gatherings of more than 50 people indoors to try to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

Now, what had initially been expected to be a small gathering in the East Room has ballooned into a large indoor party with several hundred people expected.

The event is certain to raise questions about safety, given that the coronavirus spreads more easily in indoor spaces. An event on Sept. 26 for Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court, at which people were bunched together both indoors and outside in the Rose Garden, was widely seen by health experts as a point of spread of the virus.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/01/us/trump-biden-election/trump-will-hold-his-election-night-party-inside-the-white-house-with-up-to-400-invitees



A Super-Duper spreader event is a fitting epitaph for MF45's presidency
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Trump will-hold his election night party inside the White House with up to 400 invitees. (Original Post) My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 OP
Our White House wasn't built for that many people at once. pwb Nov 2020 #1
In his demented mind, he owns it now. Never mind the details. Lock him up. Nov 2020 #23
Keep an Eye on the Punch NonPC Nov 2020 #42
He enjoys the dying too much. GeorgeGist Nov 2020 #2
Self Inflicted wounds JustAnotherGen Nov 2020 #3
As long as they all promise to stay inside until people stop dying, I don't care how many RockRaven Nov 2020 #4
Masque of the Orange Death.... Pachamama Nov 2020 #62
putting WH staff at risk again, and on the taxpayer dime again! Grasswire2 Nov 2020 #5
"And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all." forgotmylogin Nov 2020 #39
Phooey, you beat me to posting The Masque of the Red Death! hedda_foil Nov 2020 #63
You know DENVERPOPS Nov 2020 #56
Is the Orange A-Hole fearing Wellstone ruled Nov 2020 #6
Please someone, clean the turds off the walls! ntp AnnaLee Nov 2020 #7
Oooh, goody! (Funeral directors are smiling with delight!) NurseJackie Nov 2020 #8
Count the silverware rickford66 Nov 2020 #9
Yeah, a Herd Mentality Bunker Boy Festival bucolic_frolic Nov 2020 #10
Is this unprecedented? young_at_heart Nov 2020 #11
Who is paying for this? nsd Nov 2020 #12
My guess is the Post Office Hotel will be in charge of catering and drinks. GemDigger Nov 2020 #13
We are paying for it, and we're paying inflated charges to the Trump hotels. yardwork Nov 2020 #27
A 95% mortality of invitees would be phenomenal dalton99a Nov 2020 #14
100% would be better.......far, far better! machoneman Nov 2020 #28
Hope they don't tear it up when they announce Biden won. blueinredohio Nov 2020 #15
Really. Cha Nov 2020 #51
Won't surprise me if they have and *accidental* 5-alarm fire. Texin Nov 2020 #16
This would make a great poll: At what time will he head down to the bunker? George II Nov 2020 #17
Hopefully, no one will be in the mood to party and they Marie Marie Nov 2020 #18
Yep. warmfeet Nov 2020 #19
Disgusting. THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE, not a campaign ballroom. SunSeeker Nov 2020 #20
Why isn't he doing his stupid party at Mar a Lago? nt pnwmom Nov 2020 #21
Because I don't think he plans on leaving JohnnyRingo Nov 2020 #30
I have a tin foil hat theory on this. KentuckyWoman Nov 2020 #48
You can't rule out anything with team tRump. BigmanPigman Nov 2020 #66
I hope Biden has another place to stay for the months it is going to take to clean up the WH. marie999 Nov 2020 #22
Disinfect AND sweep for bugs too. NYC Liberal Nov 2020 #33
PLEASE let the guests include BlueMTexpat Nov 2020 #24
McConnell can stand under a mistletoe My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 #31
... BlueMTexpat Nov 2020 #32
Not even his wife! n/t TexasBushwhacker Nov 2020 #47
Lindsey Graham at the ready. keithbvadu2 Nov 2020 #53
Are some of them going to put bugs around the White House? C Moon Nov 2020 #25
Another super spreader event Cult 45? Have fun and hope you're all mad/sad/infected in the morning. Evolve Dammit Nov 2020 #26
I wish I were invited. I'd enjoy that JohnnyRingo Nov 2020 #29
400 camouflaged, armed invitees? n/t Harker Nov 2020 #34
One last harrah ...or ginning them up for a fight? LiberalLovinLug Nov 2020 #35
Pillaged the war chest so completely they cannot afford a venue? EarthFirst Nov 2020 #36
PARTY huh? Sour Grapes available at midnight? Brainfodder Nov 2020 #37
Around 10PM he will be upstairs and everyone else has already updated their resume's. marble falls Nov 2020 #38
He can always hold his conviction and sentencing parties at Trump Tower. cstanleytech Nov 2020 #40
Yeah. On the roof. My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 #45
Time to start counting the White House silver ware. nt Progressive Jones Nov 2020 #41
They know they're going to lose greenjar_01 Nov 2020 #43
Gonna be the best party in the world, for losers!!!!! Miigwech Nov 2020 #44
I predict less than half come AND they get stiffed when Trumpy doesn't show. KentuckyWoman Nov 2020 #46
Make sure that Moscow Mitch attends. keithbvadu2 Nov 2020 #49
Cyanide for everyone! Grokenstein Nov 2020 #50
Flavor-Aide Toast to Mr. Trumpt at Midnight. Please everyone stay for that event! NCjack Nov 2020 #52
HOW MANY WILL DIE? ITS blood on your hands Mr. President yuiyoshida Nov 2020 #54
How much alcohol does it take to separate a republican from reality? Clearly fogged in Nov 2020 #55
That place is going to have to be electronically debugged down to the wall studs... Hekate Nov 2020 #57
Think MOSCOW MITCH will be there? bluestarone Nov 2020 #58
Drinking Flavor-Aid with coronavirus added, maybe. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #59
My questions is, how much will he charge to get in? Then, any refunds when he loses? I doubt it. machoneman Nov 2020 #60
Does Donald get to keep unspent campaign funds? keithbvadu2 Nov 2020 #61
Jr. gets to snort them :) My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 #65
And will they be asked to sign a coronavirus waiver? jb5150 Nov 2020 #64
I can't wait to see the morbidity results of this super-spreader event. Such poetic justice Nitram Nov 2020 #67
Has any other incumbent held an election night party at the White House? DesertRat Nov 2020 #68
Warning to the 400 attendees: Aussie105 Nov 2020 #69
Trump makes the White House his fortress. Ready for his last stand. UCmeNdc Nov 2020 #70

Lock him up.

(6,929 posts)
23. In his demented mind, he owns it now. Never mind the details.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 04:00 PM
Nov 2020
Same as his pal Putin owns the Kremlin:



LOCK.HIM.UP

NonPC

(305 posts)
42. Keep an Eye on the Punch
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 05:27 PM
Nov 2020

Depending on the outcome, the punch will either have some rufie juice or arsenic in it. Let's do a Jamestown!

RockRaven

(14,972 posts)
4. As long as they all promise to stay inside until people stop dying, I don't care how many
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 01:45 PM
Nov 2020

Masque of the Orange Death attendees there are.

What makes it unacceptable is that they won't stay put -- they'll come out here and spread it around the rest of us too.

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
5. putting WH staff at risk again, and on the taxpayer dime again!
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 01:50 PM
Nov 2020

Plus, now he can book more guests at the hotel.

forgotmylogin

(7,529 posts)
39. "And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 05:10 PM
Nov 2020
The red death had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal -- the madness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution. The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men. And the whole seizure, progress, and termination of the disease, were incidents of half an hour.

But Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his crenellated abbeys. This was an extensive and magnificent structure, the creation of the prince's own eccentric yet august taste. A strong and lofty wall girdled it in. This wall had gates of iron. The courtiers, having entered, brought furnaces and massy hammers and welded the bolts. ....

https://www.poemuseum.org/the-masque-of-the-red-death
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
6. Is the Orange A-Hole fearing
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 01:59 PM
Nov 2020

something might or a Alien threat to his Glorious Self? My guess is,we are about to see another episode of Apprentice White House complete with all the trimmings.

Sure looking like Captain Puss Bag is scared and like Obama said,he is buying a 400 person birthday party audience.

bucolic_frolic

(43,173 posts)
10. Yeah, a Herd Mentality Bunker Boy Festival
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 02:07 PM
Nov 2020

A Hoaxer is going to do what a Hoaxer is going to do!

Breathe deep. Make it total ventilation.

young_at_heart

(3,768 posts)
11. Is this unprecedented?
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 02:09 PM
Nov 2020

In my lifetime (81 years) I don't believe any election eve parties have been held in the White House.....very inappropriate!

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)
13. My guess is the Post Office Hotel will be in charge of catering and drinks.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 02:19 PM
Nov 2020

He will still make money off of it.

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
18. Hopefully, no one will be in the mood to party and they
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 03:40 PM
Nov 2020

will all get to see this lunatic throw a huge tantrum.

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
19. Yep.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 03:44 PM
Nov 2020

A sample epitaph they can use - here lies a bunch of fucking idiots, liars, traitors and fools. Good fucking riddance!

JohnnyRingo

(18,635 posts)
30. Because I don't think he plans on leaving
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 04:44 PM
Nov 2020

...ever.

He'll call on his Trumpies to surround the White House with a ring of firepower to prevent his eviction. He probably has a years worth of Doritos and diet Cokes stockpiled.

KentuckyWoman

(6,679 posts)
48. I have a tin foil hat theory on this.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 05:57 PM
Nov 2020

I have almost nothing to base it on, but I think the shenanigans with new SCOTUS justices is specifically to

Subvert the elections
Get rid of Presidential term limits.

Ya'll can poke fun at me, alert me, I deserve it. There's no real basis for my fear. I am an old lady, still tired from caregiving a husband who took 5 years to die, and worked up about what kind of world we are leaving the newest generation. But if anything keeps me up at night these days, that is it. Can't get it out of my head - full well knowing that I am being ridiculous.

BigmanPigman

(51,607 posts)
66. You can't rule out anything with team tRump.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 09:38 PM
Nov 2020

He has broken all the norms and has the SCOTUS in his pocket. I put nothing past him, his family, enablers, GOP and Putin. They will do ANYTHING to stay in power and grift us further into debt.

C Moon

(12,213 posts)
25. Are some of them going to put bugs around the White House?
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 04:21 PM
Nov 2020

I don't know how Biden is going to have a team make sure the WH doesn't have any bugs and cameras hidden. They've had years to hide things.

JohnnyRingo

(18,635 posts)
29. I wish I were invited. I'd enjoy that
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 04:40 PM
Nov 2020

Just so I could console the president in his hour of need.

Sir, don't worry, sir. The West Coast hasn't reported yet sir. I'm sure you'll pick up a landslide there...uh sir. hahaha

He's going to be foaming at the mouth.

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
43. They know they're going to lose
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 05:28 PM
Nov 2020

The empty hotel ballroom with deflated balloons blowing like tumbleweeds across the parquet floor is not a great look.

 

Miigwech

(3,741 posts)
44. Gonna be the best party in the world, for losers!!!!!
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 05:33 PM
Nov 2020

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, breath, haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, fucking brat loser wants to hold a party .... so what happens if no one shows? Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, cough, Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

KentuckyWoman

(6,679 posts)
46. I predict less than half come AND they get stiffed when Trumpy doesn't show.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 05:47 PM
Nov 2020

He'll be upstairs have such a slap out fit the docs will have to come.

keithbvadu2

(36,816 posts)
49. Make sure that Moscow Mitch attends.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 06:07 PM
Nov 2020

Make sure that Moscow Mitch attends.

No mask of course.

No social distancing.

Hekate

(90,708 posts)
57. That place is going to have to be electronically debugged down to the wall studs...
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 06:51 PM
Nov 2020

...as well as completely disinfected. I hope the mad king takes his golden toilet with him.

keithbvadu2

(36,816 posts)
61. Does Donald get to keep unspent campaign funds?
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 07:12 PM
Nov 2020

Does Donald get to keep unspent campaign funds?

Maybe he is trying to save 'his' money and let taxpayers foot the bill?

Nitram

(22,803 posts)
67. I can't wait to see the morbidity results of this super-spreader event. Such poetic justice
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 10:48 PM
Nov 2020

the everybody who get sick will be a Trumpist Covid denier.

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
68. Has any other incumbent held an election night party at the White House?
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 12:05 AM
Nov 2020

Having the party at the White House just means that taxpayers will be forced to foot the bill.

Aussie105

(5,401 posts)
69. Warning to the 400 attendees:
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 01:46 AM
Nov 2020

You will be photographed and identified on your way in.

There may be some comeback after the election.

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