Lots of glee out there, but moving the inauguration inside is the sensible thing to do, so kudos to whoever persuaded Trump that this is the right thing to do. As Reagan did in 1985 (from my book):
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Were there long security lines? How many hours did people have to arrive in advance? I’ve covered a few inaugurations. Don’t think people here understand how different they are logistically.
People arrive hours in advance for parades, you should come to Philly sometime for the Mummers parade, which has happened in frigid weather multiple times. And people stand outside all day to watch it. People come hours in advance in NYC for the ball drop, they have to go through security lines.
Also, in all of these circumstances, people can leave whenever they want. No one is forcing them to remain outside if it becomes too cold. They can find a warm place to sit and watch it on tv.
For dignitaries, they can bring in heat lamps as they sit outside. If bars can do that all the time, why can’t an inauguration committee do that? All of trump’s billionaire oligarchs have given him millions, I am sue they could figure it out
Again — I’ve covered inaugurations. You can believe me or not. But when the Secret Service is running security (and I’m glad they are), things are different than you see elsewhere.
The forecast is for -5 CELCIUS. What an absolute JOKE to cancel outdoor activities at that temperature. In the northern states, that’s a delightful winter day….
He didn't give a crap that suffered heat exhaustion at his rallies. Give me a break. Also, Reagan wasn't a spring chicken either, who had exactly the same amount of empathy for his working class voters.
this is silly. no one is FORCED to go to it and every years tens of thousands of people go to Times Square AT MIDNIGHT for New Years. I went twice in my life, once when it was very cold and it was marvelous
if Trump is afraid of the cold he could just do swearing in and then give speech from inside
By moving his inauguration inside, Trump finally became Presidential? Is that the take? Obama had similar temperatures in 2009, and HUGE crowds showed up.
It’s unfortunate — and a sign of why it is so hard to have reasonable conversation in this day and age — that even the weather becomes a “take” in the eyes of some people.
Were you writing excuses for Biden? It’s the words you used and the “understanding” you offered instead of simply stating what the weather is forecasted to be and trump moved the inauguration indoors. Reread your words..always always making little excuses for the felon.
Sorry Karen, I am familiar with your writing, but when I realized what Bezos is doing to the Post, I canceled my subscription. An occasional piece was written about Trump’s corruption, grifting, lying & mental decline, but not nearly enough considering the consequences we are living through.
Respectfully, is it difficult because you do not like people to disagree with you; that we should just accept that you are right and we are wrong? I am sorry, but I am suspicious of WP reporters. Bezos made sure of that. I wish you well on Monday, stay safe
Agree, I used to love the WP, no more. Seems everyone working there has gotten the memo that they must protect trump at all costs, no negative coverage allowed. Tired of the WP journalists making excuses for trump. So sad
Hon, he checked the booking rates of the local hotels and saw that there were thousands of rooms available. He knew the image of his inauguration would 1/100th of Obama's and he crapped his pant. He's a coward.
“Narrator: But, it was a bad omen and lead to an anti-government administration that left the Republican Party in a position to eventually elect a convicted felon who wants to destroy American democracy.”
Hey, Karen. Running cover for the orange pussy is pretty telling about the kind of woman you are. Any woman making excuses for a sexual abusing, lying, grifting traitor is pathetic! May every man in the lives of women and girls you love BE JUST LIKE TRUMP!
In reality they don’t care about the well being of anyone but themselves. The oligarchs and Trump present a nightmare security risk. Trump can be protected well enough but the oligarchs would be sitting ducks.
Here in WI the wind chill will be -13 on Monday. I think he and his supporters could have handled 22, esp considering other inaugurations have been held in colder weather than that.
Inaugurations are different than festivals: There would be thousands of band kids lined up early to march in the parade, onlookers showing up before dawn, cops stationed many hours in advance. Long security lines.
And of course, as has been pointed out by someone more clever than I, there's no problem for his followers, who know how to get into the Capitol already.
So much for bringing that masculine energy. Perhaps, if this nation was not controlled and run by Octo and Septogenerians and the soft as fuck tech nerds, we'd follow tradition on the inauguration and brave the cold.
FDR's last inauguration in '45 was also moved indoors and very small, with the war an additional excuse. Reality is three old, sick men, desperate to hide their frailty from their supporters, who couldn't stand the cold and needed to bring their proverbial political chairs closer to the fire.
Washington in January. When is it NOT really, really cold? This is about crowd size and someone who doesn’t want to buck up for the people because it’s uncomfortable. .
It's a sign of what the next four years are going to look like in the face of adversity: America becoming smaller, isolationist, covering in fear, divided and rule by a tech industrial complex that can't handle snowflakes etc
I had to read and take a beat to put it together. She isn’t trying to normalize it but pointing out it was done by Raegan due to poor attendance as well, and then Nancy re-thinking moving it inside as may have been a bad omen to buck tradition as intruder got in WH while they were in rotunda …🤷♀️
So only the Tech Bros and a few people that can benefit trump will be able to attend. Second tier relegated to where? The cafeteria to watch on screens?
I'm gleeful because his of so loyal and not wealthy supporters spent thousands to come to DC and watch their idol get sworn in, only to be left out in favor of more important "guests and dignitaries". P.S. - I bet he did it because the wind was going to fuck up his hair.
These records show that the temperature for the 1985 inauguration was a mere 7°. I was in DC that day. It was a bone chilling day that interfered with car and keg starts. There is a world of difference between moving the ceremony indoors for 7° and moving inside for a forecast like Monday’s.
Thanks for the correction. All I remember is that at 7 in the morning as I was walking to Obama's inauguration, it was darn cold and I gave thanks I dressed in layers.
I would’ve still liked to have seen the turn out. Cuz I think of the lack of presence of his “supporters” during campaigning, what it would’ve looked like? I still say there was ballot fraud
Agree. That’s like the North Carolina Supreme Court judge that they’re refusing to seat and questioning the ballots, those same ballots that had Trump on them, but nobody’s questioning the rest of their vote? Please.
Hmmm 🤔, what his supporters don’t like the cold, unlike other presidents supporters who were standing in colder temperatures. Let’s see if he will say that it’s cuz he cares about them. So, is it that he cares about the well being of his supporters, lack of supporters, or an attempted pew pew?
It’s true. Before Election Day I tried to get a hotel thinking Kamala would win. Literally everything booked. Two night minimum for around 1000 a night on the little that was. Checked yesterday. So much available. No two night minimum.
We can believe the decision was about doing the right thing, but let’s not lie to ourselves. Trump’s only concern is optics. He’s thinking about how small his second inauguration crowd size will be.
Oh please -
Starting January 23rd St. Paul will be hosting the annual Winter Carnival - Outdoors. See the manly men, the real ones. Meet "Minnesota Nice"
Why would you possibly think dt had to be convinced to do it inside at the scene of his 1/6th coup? The only thing dt was concerned about was freezing his own dick off. He has never shown 1 bit of concern for any animal. Just waiting for his smirk when he says "I am back" to his oligarchs inside.
Because she is a Trump normalizer like 90% of the mainstream media. She is lecturing liberals about civility when she normalizes the criminality, bigotry, racism, vileness, and lies of the the worst person in history of politics. On top of that she wants liberals to subscribe to her trash newspaper.
Sorry Karen, Trump wasn’t worried about his fans. If he was, he would have cancelled rallies held in the extreme heat during which many of his fans suffered from heat stroke. Trump is afraid of the cold, like he’s afraid of rain and that’s why this snowflake moved the ceremony indoors.
A lot has changed since RR. Rs have swapped his insanity for more insane insanity. Yes, more INSANE INSANITY. 40 yrs on, privileged male Rs are victims of *everything* yet howl about the “feminization of men.” The cold is too inconvenient for the wimpy-wannabe he-man-elect & his followers. 1/2
If anything, the FOTUS doesn’t want to mess up his hair.
If any Dem, male or female, moved it inside, the media would try to ruin that person as if s/he declared war on puppies. 2/2
This is the same blowhard who enthusiastically hosted superspreader events during the height of the COVID epidemic and who prohibited masks to be worn in the White House. He wants this event held inside for one reason: "Shrinkage"... h/t Seinfeld.
It's not just the president or the dignitaries who would be putting their health at risk. Thousands of kids in marching bands, onlookers standing out there for many hours, etc. So I'm glad they did it.
He was absolutely not thinking of anyone beside himself and you know that. He’s worried about small crowd size. And maybe his toupee being blown off. Get real Karen!
I was in a marching band in high school, paraded many times in frigid weather. I survived. People will sit through hours of frigid weather to watch football (watch Eagles game tomorrow).Trump is an old man with dementia, he cannot handle cold weather. Big baby
Were there any issues at Obama's when it was like 20 degrees?
Under normal circumstances I'd agree but to think that this move wasn't all about the smaller crowd size and not in the least bit about cold temps is, well, foolishness. He cares noting about his voters but totally about appearances.
Is the inaugural committee going to give refunds to all the people who were still willing to stand out in the cold? What are all the millions of dollars paying for?
maybe, but the people coming say they knew about the cold & were prepared.
the “glee” is more because Trump always talks tough, but isn’t prepared to actually BE tough.
Yes, great idea. I'm very much enjoying all the MAGAs who came from across the country, at great expense, to witness the coronation of their king, just to find out it will only be on TV in a huge arena. They could have watched it at home for free.
Who cares if it’s inside or outside; I refuse to watch such an insult to democracy! Trumps doing the “right thing?” What a joke! He should never have been allowed to run! BTW, the only other inauguration I did not watch, was Reagan’s!
If it's the biting cold, most people *prepare* for every like this. They'll be watching the weather. They'll take extra clothes. People all over the world live in weather like this.
He is hiding. He works for the people and his 1st act is to take the inauguration from the people. The only witnesses to the event are oligarchs, bad political intents, submissives and suckup politicians.
Native New Yorker here 🙋 He's been a snow bird for decades and a full timer for the past 4 years. Like for any old retiree in Fla, going north in the winter is to be avoided.
Jimmy Carter was from Georgia, which you may know is pretty warm in the winter. It was 28% at noon on the day of his inauguration but that didn’t stop him and Rosalynn from walking down Pennsylvania Avenue. Trump is a frail old man who regularly soils his disposable brief. #Trumpisfrail
Nope. Trump is just a big baby. He doesn’t want to feel cold, or have his hairpiece blow off, or see tiny crowds again. 1.2% is not a mandate. And he knows it.
Oh please. Since when does trump care about “his people” being cold? There has been colder weather at previous inaugurations. This is hardly frostbite territory.
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JFK kept it outside for his, it was the same temp as predicted. He's a coward. Plain and simple.
if Trump is afraid of the cold he could just do swearing in and then give speech from inside
Like they did this out of general concern for ANYBODY!
They did it to avoid visuals of less than desirable crowd sizes.
STOP THE NORMALIZING!!!
Certainly no protesters or surprises
Starting January 23rd St. Paul will be hosting the annual Winter Carnival - Outdoors. See the manly men, the real ones. Meet "Minnesota Nice"
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If any Dem, male or female, moved it inside, the media would try to ruin that person as if s/he declared war on puppies. 2/2
And I don't think the cold was the real motivation here.
Oh, speaking from the standpoint of bird-nest 🪹 hair, becoming disheveled in mist.
Trump referred to US Marines buried in a WWI cemetery as "losers" and "suckers" for getting KIA.
of the sudden he cares. when he didn’t care about his rallies
I am no fan of Trump, but there is a much larger picture than just one man and his entourage.
@CathyMac asks a valid question. Did moving the event indoors reduce outdoor events as well?
I know not all those participating are supporters and many may be there out of duty rather than devotion.
Trump’s motives aside, I can agree that moving this indoors has benefits.
Under normal circumstances I'd agree but to think that this move wasn't all about the smaller crowd size and not in the least bit about cold temps is, well, foolishness. He cares noting about his voters but totally about appearances.
the “glee” is more because Trump always talks tough, but isn’t prepared to actually BE tough.
If it's the biting cold, most people *prepare* for every like this. They'll be watching the weather. They'll take extra clothes. People all over the world live in weather like this.