House Admin: "...alerting constituents that their Inauguration tickets are now simply "commemorative"

[riversedge]

LOL!!

NEW: House administrator alerts Members of Congress about change to Inauguration ceremony -- and encourages Members to consider alerting constituents that their Inauguration tickets are now simply "commemorative"

NEW: House administrator alerts Members of Congress about change to Inauguration ceremony -- and encourages Members to consider alerting constituents that their Inauguration tickets are now simply "commemorative"

— Scott MacFarlane (@macfarlanenews.bsky.social) 2025-01-17T21:44:05.210Z

Screwing over his followers on literal Day 1 is pretty perfect. It's downhill from here, folks.



Well, they can always storm the ceremony. They know the way.

Well, they can always storm the ceremony. They know the way.

— Desert Mage (@desertmage65.bsky.social) 2025-01-17T21:58:17.264Z

[skylucy]

1. Ha!

[mcar]

2. ...

[nolabear]

3. How many hotels have 24 hour cancellation notices?

Some serious travel and lodging money is at stake.

Oh, and

[malaise]

5. I'm oh My

😂😀😂

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

12. Depending on just how you booked the hotel,

my experience is that the vast majority allow cancellation 24 hours before. Only when I've booked some extremely cheap deal are the rooms either non-refundable or have a fee.

[spooky3]

44. A lot of DC hotels jack up prices around Inauguration Day, so my guess is that they also

suspended the 24 hour cancellation policy, and the MAGAts staying in the high demand hotels are screwed.

Of course, many were probably staying further out and that would not apply.

The weather forecast (for bitter cold) has been unambiguous for a week - they should have gotten word out about the change of venue days ago. The only thing that wasn't clear was how much snow may fall Sunday. Where's that tiny violin again?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

48. It's certainly possible.

That this week the cancellation policies are somewhat different.

[SeattleVet]

25. A lot of them are probably also going to have non-refundable airline reservations, too.

Too bad; so sad.

[spooky3]

45. Well, the MAGAts can still go to the free museums--oh, wait...nt

[Crawford]

61. Just another night

I'd say this is appropriate. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ian+hunter+just+another+night&t=newext&atb=v416-1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D2oLdI84aZk4

[karynnj]

64. Almost all I make reservations at

My husband and I are at an age, where we look for that. I suspect that many made cancellable flights and hotels before the election happened

I know at least one person did and cancelled days after the election. Because of it being a big deal, I suspect that people on both sides made reservations.

[dweller]

4. Ha ha !!

✌🏻

[rainy]

6. He just knew barely a soul was coming so this elevates

the embarrassment

[BonnieJW]

26. That's why it was moved indoors

So the room will look like more people. He would never have been even close to filling the area in front.

[jmowreader]

33. The weather had something to do with it too

I’m fairly sure they didn’t want Trump to go down in history as the second president to die a month after taking office, and that would have been a possibility if he’d given one of his three-hour stream-of-consciousness rants in the weather predicted for Monday.

[FSogol]

7. PS: Thanks for all the donations, you Rubes!

[Traildogbob]

8. About as useful

As those fucking digital macho picture cards they bought. They can tape tickets to those fucking Red Hats, to show MAGA status.
If ya got a ticket on your MAGA hat, you get a free paper cup at NASCAR events for a free water from a Water Fountain (but beware, those fountain’s have smokeless tobacco spit all over them)

[BoRaGard]

9. G.O.P. Whimp out creates new class of Suckers

Surprise surprise.

[William769]

10. K&R

[bee_peaceful]

11. Just too old to get cold...

[littlemissmartypants]

14. Mitigating circumstances?

Sensitivity to cold...

The impairment of temperature regulation due to dementia can have several significant implications and risks:

Hypothermia: Dementia may cause someone to become more susceptible to hypothermia, a condition where the body loses heat faster than it can produce it. Symptoms can include confusion, disorientation, and shivering, which can worsen existing cognitive challenges.
(...)
https://elderwelladultday.com/how-dementia-can-impair-the-bodys-ability-to-regulate-temperature/

[Blue Dotty]

13. That's one way to avoid crowd size comparisons

and blame it on the weather.

[yellow dahlia]

19. That's what I said.

Great minds.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. I assumed that they would "AI" a "crowd" pic

and then blast it out on RW loon social media to show "how many people came - even in the cold!!111!!!1".

[BuddhaGirl]

15. "Thank you, sir may I have another!"

[Hassler]

16. How will First Felon spin his phone booth size crowd

As the largest gathering since Woodstock, even bigger than Woodstock. Crowds the likes of which you can't believe.

[Dave Bowman]

52. Oh, 20 Woodstocks, at the very least.

[Evolve Dammit]

17. Damn. I was hoping for a William Henry Harrison day.

[wnylib]

41. Sigh. So were we all.

[Xipe Totec]

18. MAGA - Mad And Getting Angrier nt

[Butterflylady]

21. And this is the beginning of the end for magats.

Meaning it's time for them to FAFO. And I'm laughing thru the whole thing.

[calimary]

63. Let's hope so!

But denial does run deep.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. The outside stage that will no longer be used

A rehearsal takes place in front of the U.S. Capitol ahead of the presidential inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, in Washington, Jan. 12, 2025.
Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-inauguration-moving-indoors-due-weather-sources/story?id=117792480

[underpants]

31. THAT should be included in photos. I'll bet Elon Zuck and Bezos will be attending

[Diraven]

23. I'm going to laugh

When they all show up anyway and start a riot. And then blame it on Antifa.

[Clouds Passing]

24. Predicted that on the 12th

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219897530 post # 6

[Wiz Imp]

27. How is it Screwing over his followers? Most tickets are free.

People who booked non-cancellable or non-refundable hotel rooms are screwed somewhat, but I would think that doesn't apply to a lot of people - Tons of hotel rooms in the area were still available, waaayyy more than usual and that probably translates to lower prices for the people who did book hotel rooms too.

[dem4decades]

30. They wanted to bask in the glow of the Orange Messiah.

Him not giving them their chance to do so is screwing them. They better get used to it, it's only the start of Trump gathering with the well to do while leaving his idiot army out in the cold.

[Wiz Imp]

43. Not much of a screwing over

It appears they already knew crowds were going to be small which is probably one of the reasons they moved it inside.

[Dem4life1970]

39. He is promising an "overflow stadium" (Presumably in the cold)

for his MAGA cultists to watch on a jumbo tron. You know, like they could do in the warmth of their own living rooms.

[Wiz Imp]

42. I see no reporting of any statement like this

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/public-viewing-for-inauguration-moved-to-capital-one-arena-trump-says/3817289/

(Note: Capital One Arena is an indoor facility)

"We will open Capital One Arena on Monday for LIVE viewing of this Historic event, and to host the Presidential Parade," Trump said in part. "I will join the crowd at Capital One, after my Swearing In."

Capital One Arena seats a maximum of 20,000 people. It's not yet clear how it will be determined who will be allowed into the arena and where people are expected to go if crowds exceed 20,000.

JCCIC recommended that those in town for the inauguration who are unable to attend find other indoor events to watch. The Presidential Inaugural Committee is designating certain places to watch and will provide more information.

It does not appear the National Mall will be one of those designated places, as some fencing there was starting to be dismantled Friday, according to a senior administration official with direct knowledge of the situation, and there are no current plans to broadcast any events on Jumbotrons there.

[Dem4life1970]

46. If we know anything about Trump, it's that you can certainly believe everything he says...

[Wiz Imp]

49. ?????

that makes absolutely no sense as a reply. Whatever.......

[SeattleVet]

55. I'm sure a lot of those idiots have non-refundable airline or hotel reservations...

so, yeah, he's screwing them over, at the very least.

The *big* screwing is coming over the next week or so, when they get to the 'Find Out' stage.

[Wiz Imp]

56. I doubt it's that many. Hotels are waaayyyy below capacity. I think they know that the crowd wont be big

which is one of the reasons they agreed to move it inside where the small crowd optics won't be as obvious.

[OAITW r.2.0]

28. It was never a people's campaign. It was billionaire tech guys that delivered the vote.

[Raven123]

29. I suspect Trump was looking for a reason to avoid the outdoor ceremony

The weather cooperated in giving him an excuse.

[malaise]

32. Fear?

Good

[Raven123]

34. That's what I suspect

[DENVERPOPS]

35. He also was running scared

from the impending minuscule crowd, because he would no longer be able to rant and rave about the biggest crowd EVER at an inauguration like he did when comparing his crowd to Obama's.

There are many who think he was also in fear that due to the cold, and male anatomy, that his teenie weenie peenie would shrink so much it would look like he had two belly buttons.....

[Dem4life1970]

40. Yes I think he is terrified of another assassination attempt

and also the embarrassment of a tiny, mushroom sized crowd.

[usaf-vet]

58. What assassination attempt(s)? I have watched tons of movie scenes where the victim gets a head wound......

..... while not actually getting shot, and with lots more blood..... how do they do that and sell it to millions who see it over and over?

Just asking.

[SpankMe]

36. Trumpers can still go

I imagine a large number will still go to the national mall and party while democracy dies inside the capitol. They'll chant white supremacist slogans and use flames from burning crosses for their weenie roast - like a racist tailgate party. The inaug team will probably deploy a few displays close to the capitol or, at a minimum, loudspeakers so that citizens can hear their Nazi leader take the reins of our failing state. Few will cancel their flights and hotels.

I wonder how much money is saved by moving inside? I wonder where that unspent portion of the $200M inaug fund will go?

Trump missed a grift opportunity here: Trump-branded long underwear for the cold inauguration - made in China, of course - with built-in diapers. Trump-branded MAGA beanie caps with tin foil fibers woven in to block Democrat mind control. (We control the weather...why not the mind?) And Trump-branded gloves specially designed to be used for warmth during the day and for masturbation during the night.

I had read that some sickos were actually going to get married on the mall, during the ceremony, as a way to make the nuptials memorable.

The MAGA sickness never ends.

[travelingthrulife]

37. Lol. nobody was showing up?

[Dem4life1970]

38. You can't make this stuff up...

...while this is hilarious, that they would get their faces eaten on DAY ONE by the convicted felon Leopard, I was looking forward to mercilessly mocking (in about a week or a month's time to ensure his ratings are in the toilet of course) his teeny, tiny, mushroom sized crowd that shows up for the travesty of swearing this traitorous, insurrectionist back into office.

[Dem4life1970]

47. Nothing to see here...

… David Axelrod noted that the windchill was 7 degrees at JFK’s inauguration, the same for Obama’s in 2009, and minus 2 for Reagan in 1985.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

57. I was gonna say! Because we almost froze

to death at Obama's first, but the chart here says it was a relatively toasty 28°F. However, I was just wondering about the wind chill. Seven sounds more like it!

[JustAnotherGen]

50. I think they should

Storm the ceremony.

[Faux pas]

51. A bottomless pit

of shit.

[B.See]

53. MAGA would be calling this

an "act of God" if this were Biden or Harris.

Like the maga flags they want to fly on high (like Louisiana's governor), maybe Trump can "order" the weather warmer.

[OAITW r.2.0]

54. Trump Chumps.

[Marthe48]

59. Aren't most of the potential attendees in jail?

That ought to cut down mob size.

Traitor felon is off to a good start. Instead of enduring a few minutes of cold himself, he is screwing over his entire gang, except for the uber ultra oligarchs. Always room for them.

Then, he'll renege on one promise after another. If the broken campaign promises were punches to the face, his abused loyalists would look like they got hit by a truck.

[oasis]

60. "Nice tickets" says Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog.

“for me to poop on”

[dlk]

62. Expect no less from a known grifter

A life lesson for Trump supporters: grifters don’t discriminate; they stick it to everyone

[Takket]

65. if his followers think losing the $ on some tickets sucks....

just wait until they see how much $ they lose when the economy collapses under tariffs and lack of immigrant labor

[Dem4life1234]

66. I thought egg prices were too high?

Yet they have money to see this saggy scam artist?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

67. "recommend that your offices relay to constituents that their tickets will be commemorative"

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

68. You're suckers and losers, and I'm not the one saying it to you; Donald Trump is.

Link to tweet