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Report: January 6 Organizers Threw Back Champagne and Charcuterie as the Capitol Was Attacked
Apparently, bubbly and cured meat pair well with insurrections.
By Bess Levin
November 22, 2021
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According to text messages obtained by Rolling Stones Hunter Walker, as law enforcement officers were in their third hour of battle with supporters of former president Trump on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, a conservative activist whod organized the major pro-Trump rally that came before the violence was busy ordering hors doeuvres and drinks to her hotel suite. Having apparently been distracted during the chaos of the event this morning, Amy Kremer allegedly wrote to fellow organizers that shed made the executive decision to just call room service at the Willard InterContinental hotelthe same one that served as a command center to overturn the results of the 2020 electionrather than wait to get everyones individual requests. (Rolling Stone reviewed the text messages in question on a phone where they were originally received and timestamped. According to Walker, The messages from Amy Kremer and her daughter, Kylie Jane Kremer, came from phone numbers that have been used by both women.) We ordered dinner again tonight, Amy Kremer told the group chat. Sorry, but we forgot to take orders in the chaos of the event this morning, so we just ordered the same thing as last night. I figured that was better than not eating. Lol. Cheese & Charcuterie should be here at 6PM and dinner around 7PM.
What was on the menu for dinner? Only the best for Trumps merry band of election deniers. Per Rolling Stone:
The text messages [also] include[d] a menu for a dinner for the organizers on the night before the rally. Menu options included a Willard Burger with truffle aioli, red-wine-braised Angus short rib beef bourguignon, steak frites, and a salmon filet with aged balsamic. Based on Kremers text about the charcuterie plate, she chose options from the same menu for the organizers on the evening of January 6. The options in the Willard suite also included Champagne that Kremers guests were drinking just as her organization issued a press release denouncing the violence and calling the group saddened and disappointed.
Were the organizers munching on Camembert? Aged Gruyère? Paper-thin prosciutto di Parma? Unclear. Regardless, the revelation that Kremer, the chairwoman of Women for America First, was throwing back Champagne and cheese boards amidst literal carnage is not actually the most damning information to come out of Walkers report. That prize would likely go to the additional bit of significant evidence showing coordination between the Trump White House and the people who planned the rally leading up to the insurrection.
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https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/11/january-6-organizers-text-messages-champagne-charcuterie
elleng
(131,457 posts)some years ago. I never made it to the Willard.
Sorry to make light of this serious matter, but the menu brought me back.
ShazzieB
(16,675 posts)Stak frites--YUM!
captain queeg
(10,313 posts)That doesnt cleanse them, but maybe a few who were going along for the ride realized how bad it was. Certainly not many. Most who saw it fail are spending their time trying to white wash the whole thing. I really cant think of any of the power players involved whove completely disavowed TFG and the rioters. People like Cheney and Romney had already started distancing themselves.
tanyev
(42,691 posts)Initech
(100,152 posts)Trump and his cohorts should be doing time right now.
Hekate
(91,055 posts)Gods help this country, because we are not out of the woods yet.
They really did
.still do think it will succeed on next try
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,839 posts)I'm just a humble liberal peasant, tending my arugula patch.
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)And don't forget the cold coffee in Styrofoam cups.
One can dream.
Ginger42
(59 posts)Charcuterie with champagne? I'm shocked. Charcuterie needs a good red wine.
Not at all surprising, though. They stay in their rich, comfy bubble while the rubes they stirred up do their dirty work for them.