As you know
Trump is working desperately to kill more people before he’s thrown out of the building. Listen, it’s Krissmiss – you can’t expect a guy to give up the chance to kill people for Krissmiss can you?
Despite public health guidelines warning against indoor gatherings, the White House has pressed ahead with as many as two dozen of its traditional holiday events.
Not “holiday events” you god-hating socialists, Krissmiss events. With the holly, and the lights, and the turkey mac and cheese.
Oh yeah and that other thing, what’s its name. Jared will know, ask Jared.
On Wednesday night, Trump hosted about 200 guests for the annual Hanukah celebration. Photos and videos posted on social media showed most attendees wearing masks but crowding tightly together to witness brief remarks by a maskless president.
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On Thursday night, Trump again hosted scores of guests for the annual congressional ball – branded the “Covid ball” by darkly humorous critics. …
When asked this week about whether such activities were responsible in the middle of a worsening pandemic, Trump insisted that the events could be held safely.
A reporter challenged the president: “Across the street, you’ve been holding holiday parties with hundreds of people, many not wearing masks. Why are you modeling a different behavior to the American people than what your scientists tell?”
Trump replied: “Well, they’re Christmas parties, and frankly, we’ve reduced the number very substantially, as you know. And I see a lot of people at the parties wearing masks. I mean, I would say that I look out at the audience at those parties, and we have a lot of people wearing masks, and I think that’s a good thing.”
“and frankly, we’ve reduced the number very substantially, as you know.” So Trump. He uses that meaningless “frankly” a lot, especially when he’s lying. “Very substantially” is advertiser-speak – it sounds good but doesn’t mean anything. “As you know” when in fact you know the opposite.
The revels at the White House pose a particular headache for local government officials in Washington, where the average case rate is setting daily records. They have repeatedly called for residents to avoid Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings this year.
Mayor Muriel Bowser last month increased the city’s virus restrictions, limiting the size of indoor gatherings to 10 people. But the White House and other federal properties are not obliged to comply with those rules.
But decent people who cared about other people would comply with those rules anyway, despite not being obliged to. They would feel a certain unease about potentially infecting people and overwhelming local hospitals.
Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said: “We are in the timeframe now that probably for the next 60 to 90 days we’re going to have more deaths per day than we had at 9/11 or we had at Pearl Harbor.”
Or the first day of the Normandy invasion. I just looked it up: it was 2,500.
Meanwhile, I was reading where Bill Barr is pushing forward the executions of several federal prisoners, hoping to get more people killed while he has the chance; Biden has said he doesn’t approve of the death penalty, so they probably think he won’t push to have these people slaughtered in the name of the government. They’re probably right.
They aren’t killing people out of reckless irresponsibility; they like killing people.
So Trump gets his war after all. He just chose a battlefield closer to home.
On the battlefield, surely he should be addressed and referred to as Captain Bonespurs? As befitting his record of patriotic service.