Of Course Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Threw a Fancy Dinner Party the Day After the Capitol Attack

[babylonsister]

Let Them Eat Canapés
Of Course Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Threw a Fancy Dinner Party the Day After the Capitol Attack
Apparently neither the couple nor their guests mentioned the deadly insurrection instigated by Ivanka’s dad.
By Bess Levin
November 17, 2021


Hey there, gang, quick question for the group: What were you doing the day after the January 6 attack on the Capitol? Were you glued to your TV, following the fallout from the hellish events that had just occurred? Were you weeping for democracy, which was basically on life support? Were you suffering from PTSD? Were you staring at a wall, unable to move or speak? Or were you throwing a fancy dinner party at your house where the topic of the violent insurrection didn’t so much as merit a mention?

For many people, that last option probably sounds pretty crazy. What kind of sick individuals would be partying just over 24 hours after the president of the United States had unleashed a violent mob on the U.S. Capitol? You’d really have to be some out-of-touch plutocrat for whom one of the worst days in American history barely registered a shrug! Honestly, who would do that, you’d probably like to know. And the answer, of course, is Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.

Yes, while most people were still in shock about what had transpired in Washington 24 hours prior, the then first daughter and son-in-law were focused on canapés and which zinfandel to pair with the fish.

Per The Independent:

President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, hosted a fancy dinner party for members of the Trump administration and invited guests just hours after a deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol resulted in the death of a police officer, while more would die in the coming weeks. The bizarre revelation is one of many in ABC News correspondent Jonathan Karl’s book, Betrayal, which details the final days of the 45th president’s time in office and his escapades as a former president holding court at Mar-a-Lago.

According to Mr. Karl, the event hosted by Mr. Kushner and Ms. Trump occurred on January 7, just a little more than 24 hours after one of the most shocking scenes in U.S. political history, and amid a staggering wave of furious resignations throughout the administration, including that of longtime aide Stephanie Grisham. But the topic was never once broached at the dinner...Instead, the party focused on ideas about the formation of a free-market-espousing think tank with the goal of appealing to Democrats and pulling their opponents away from an embrace of left-leaning economic policies that has overtaken the party’s base in recent years.

We truly love the idea that these people got together one day after a literal insurrection and the topic apparently never came up. “How’s your work week been going, Ivanka?” “Oh, just dandy!” “Anything exciting happen at the office lately?” “Nothing that I can think of! Hey, we should start a think tank! Jared, babe, don’t you love the idea of a think tank?”

more...

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/11/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-post-insurrection-dinner-party

[malaise]

2. That was supposed to be the celebration of his second term

They thought they were going to have a successful coup!

[Maru Kitteh]

9. Omg I hadn't thought of that - you're right.

They nearly did have a successful coup. Of course they would want to celebrate.

[malaise]

10. No they're too incompetent

This would have been their big splash - I'm sure it was going to be shown on their RW TV stations.

[Rebl2]

12. Well the

party was already planned. Even though the coup didn’t turn out in their favor, let’s have the party anyway 🙄

[raccoon]

3. K&R. They are truly despicable. Nt

[Hekate]

4. They bravely rose above their disappointment. What an inspiration!

OTT, words fail me

[Cha]

5. Fucking Losers trying

to cheer themselves up after their Failed attempt at Overthrowing our Democracy.

[spooky3]

6. That what sociopaths do. I hope they all got

Very bad indigestion.

Hi Cha!

[Cha]

7. And Rot in Hell..

trumpshite is cancer on America and the Planet.

spooky

[malaise]

16. They thought they'd be winners

They lost. I'd like to know if the Slobfather showed up

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Reminds me of how Ronald and Nancy Reagan refused to consider canceling their dinner party

on the night of JFK's assassination. In attendance: John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Robert Taylor

[Evolve Dammit]

15. I did not know that. Sounds right. Actually horribly wrong. You know... Reagan was a supreme a-hole

[no_hypocrisy]

17. In Kitty Kelley's bio of Nancy Reagan. That shocked me a bit too.

Allegedly Nancy told each guest "We're not going to talk about you-know-what, tonight."

[Evolve Dammit]

18. well, that sounds like what rich conservative, sociopathic hosts would do.

[3Hotdogs]

13. Fuck me... what were they supposed to do with all the Big Macs they ordered

for her father?

[Javaman]

14. Sociopaths throwing a party for sociopaths nt

[Torchlight]

19. She has a decidedly vapid, let-them-eat-kale approach to politics.

Eating a pricey dinner while Rome burns is hardly indicative of good leadership.

[Kid Berwyn]

20. Telling, their main topic of conversation.

“…the party focused on ideas about the formation of a free-market-espousing think tank with the goal of appealing to Democrats and pulling their opponents away from an embrace of left-leaning economic policies that has overtaken the party’s base in recent years.”

They’ll even “share” some loot with the Democrats in order to keep the game going their way.