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riversedge

(73,974 posts) Fri Jan 17, 2025, 05:33 PM Jan 17

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House Admin: "...alerting constituents that their Inauguration tickets are now simply "commemorative" [View all]

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"
https://bsky.app/profile/macfarlanenews.bsky.social/post/3lfxrbonass22

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.

https://bsky.app/profile/desertmage65.bsky.social/post/3lfxs337ows2m

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House Admin: "...alerting constituents that their Inauguration tickets are now simply "commemorative" [View all] riversedge Jan 17 OP

Ha! skylucy Jan 17 #1

... mcar Jan 17 #2

How many hotels have 24 hour cancellation notices? nolabear Jan 17 #3

I'm oh My malaise Jan 17 #5

Depending on just how you booked the hotel, PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 17 #12

A lot of DC hotels jack up prices around Inauguration Day, so my guess is that they also spooky3 Jan 17 #44

It's certainly possible. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 17 #48

A lot of them are probably also going to have non-refundable airline reservations, too. SeattleVet Jan 17 #25

Well, the MAGAts can still go to the free museums--oh, wait...nt spooky3 Jan 17 #45

Just another night Crawford Jan 18 #61

Almost all I make reservations at karynnj Jan 18 #64

Ha ha !! dweller Jan 17 #4

He just knew barely a soul was coming so this elevates rainy Jan 17 #6

That's why it was moved indoors BonnieJW Jan 17 #26

The weather had something to do with it too jmowreader Jan 17 #33

PS: Thanks for all the donations, you Rubes! FSogol Jan 17 #7

About as useful Traildogbob Jan 17 #8

G.O.P. Whimp out creates new class of Suckers BoRaGard Jan 17 #9

K&R William769 Jan 17 #10

Just too old to get cold... bee_peaceful Jan 17 #11

Mitigating circumstances? littlemissmartypants Jan 17 #14

That's one way to avoid crowd size comparisons Blue Dotty Jan 17 #13

That's what I said. yellow dahlia Jan 17 #19

I assumed that they would "AI" a "crowd" pic BumRushDaShow Jan 17 #20

"Thank you, sir may I have another!" BuddhaGirl Jan 17 #15

How will First Felon spin his phone booth size crowd Hassler Jan 17 #16

Oh, 20 Woodstocks, at the very least. Dave Bowman Jan 17 #52

Damn. I was hoping for a William Henry Harrison day. Evolve Dammit Jan 17 #17

Sigh. So were we all. wnylib Jan 17 #41

MAGA - Mad And Getting Angrier nt Xipe Totec Jan 17 #18

And this is the beginning of the end for magats. Butterflylady Jan 17 #21

Let's hope so! calimary Jan 18 #63

The outside stage that will no longer be used BumRushDaShow Jan 17 #22

THAT should be included in photos. I'll bet Elon Zuck and Bezos will be attending underpants Jan 17 #31

I'm going to laugh Diraven Jan 17 #23

Predicted that on the 12th Clouds Passing Jan 17 #24

How is it Screwing over his followers? Most tickets are free. Wiz Imp Jan 17 #27

They wanted to bask in the glow of the Orange Messiah. dem4decades Jan 17 #30

Not much of a screwing over Wiz Imp Jan 17 #43

He is promising an "overflow stadium" (Presumably in the cold) Dem4life1970 Jan 17 #39

I see no reporting of any statement like this Wiz Imp Jan 17 #42

If we know anything about Trump, it's that you can certainly believe everything he says... Dem4life1970 Jan 17 #46

????? Wiz Imp Jan 17 #49

I'm sure a lot of those idiots have non-refundable airline or hotel reservations... SeattleVet Jan 17 #55

I doubt it's that many. Hotels are waaayyyy below capacity. I think they know that the crowd wont be big Wiz Imp Jan 17 #56

It was never a people's campaign. It was billionaire tech guys that delivered the vote. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 17 #28

I suspect Trump was looking for a reason to avoid the outdoor ceremony Raven123 Jan 17 #29

Fear? malaise Jan 17 #32

That's what I suspect Raven123 Jan 17 #34

He also was running scared DENVERPOPS Jan 17 #35

Yes I think he is terrified of another assassination attempt Dem4life1970 Jan 17 #40

What assassination attempt(s)? I have watched tons of movie scenes where the victim gets a head wound...... usaf-vet Jan 18 #58

Trumpers can still go SpankMe Jan 17 #36

Lol. nobody was showing up? travelingthrulife Jan 17 #37

You can't make this stuff up... Dem4life1970 Jan 17 #38

Nothing to see here... Dem4life1970 Jan 17 #47

I was gonna say! Because we almost froze Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 18 #57

I think they should JustAnotherGen Jan 17 #50

A bottomless pit Faux pas Jan 17 #51

MAGA would be calling this B.See Jan 17 #53

Trump Chumps. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 17 #54

Aren't most of the potential attendees in jail? Marthe48 Jan 18 #59

"Nice tickets" says Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog. oasis Jan 18 #60

Expect no less from a known grifter dlk Jan 18 #62

if his followers think losing the $ on some tickets sucks.... Takket Jan 18 #65

I thought egg prices were too high? Dem4life1234 Jan 18 #66

"recommend that your offices relay to constituents that their tickets will be commemorative" LetMyPeopleVote Jan 18 #67

You're suckers and losers, and I'm not the one saying it to you; Donald Trump is. LetMyPeopleVote Jan 18 #68