Inauguration parties lose the glitz and glamour in 2021

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Inauguration parties lose the glitz and glamour in 2021
By Judy Kurtz - 01/19/21 10:04 AM EST

Facing a pandemic and the threat of violence, the glitz and glam-filled party scene in Washington that typically surrounds the presidential inauguration is poised to be as quiet as a statue tucked away at the Smithsonian.

The packed galas, rowdy receptions and wild shindigs that fill social calendars during inauguration week in usually buttoned-up Washington are long-canceled.

Out-of-towners have been told by both Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and rental service Airbnb to take the bashes somewhere else and stay out of the nation's capital after a riot by pro-Trump crowds at the Capitol just two weeks ago left five people dead.


Rather than velvet ropes and the sight of celebs jetting in from Hollywood, Washingtonians are coming face-to-face with roadblocks and a virtual military zone, with thousands of troops pouring in as part of unprecedented security measures. And organizations used to booking venues and planning their quadrennial celebrations aimed at garnering attention and raising beaucoup bucks are instead getting their Zoom cameras ready for attempts at virtual gatherings.

"In a normal inaugural year — especially in a change in administration because they're always the better years — we'd have been completely sold out," says Mark Driscoll, managing director of the Hamilton Hotel in downtown D.C.

"We’d have had balls, we would have had rooms associated with the balls, VIPs — we had some high-end VIPs, major entertainers coming to stay with us — that's all been crossed off as well," says the hotel exec, a veteran of Washington's hospitality industry for the last 25 years.

"It's probably one of the most exciting times to work in D.C. People buy and sell hotels based on that kind of thing, with inaugurations coming up, they decide on their renovations. Everybody thinks that it's going to be a grand payday."

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[Cyber Liberty]

The politicians aren't worried at all...they still get to fund raise, and that's the most important bottom line.

[christian]

They have taken over the nation by lies and deceit.  Somebody had to be buying the lies and deceit, or are they lieing and denying too ?  The 'blameless' shall not escape their taking counsel with, and Congress with, the wicked.  End Times