THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS DYING, AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PARTIES

 

                …This is our White House, dressed up for Hanukkah and Christmas

 

White House has planned for, and is still holding 25 parties this pandemic season

 

This last Wednesday was the nation’s deadliest day so far, of the Covid-19 pandemic.  Wouldn’t you know it, instead of the president doing something to help the nation in dealing with this medical emergency, he emerged at an indoor Hanukkah party at the White House.   He was there to speak with the crowd that was mostly wearing masks, but not adhering to social distancing in the White House East Room.

Of course, the president falsely claimed again that he won the election, boasting that his victory was on the horizon in the form of the long-shot legal efforts that have been repeatedly defeated in multiple states.

“All I ask for is people with wisdom and with courage, that’s all,” Trump told the crowd, according to the Jewish Insider, Jacob Kornbluh. “Because if certain very important people, if they have wisdom and if they have courage, we’re going to win this election in a landslide.”

This crowd of Trump supporters actually responded by breaking into a chant of, “Four more years!”

The evening was highlighted by a consistent theme of Trump’s actions in the past month, as he has declined to address the dramatically worsening pandemic.  He instead focused on his thus-far failed efforts to overturn the election results.

This White House holiday party came on the same day that 3,140 people died of Covid-19 in the United States, a single-day record for deaths.. Nationwide, 106,000 people were hospitalized with Covid.  That was another record.

Since November, President Trump has repeatedly claimed his election loss as a result of massive fraud, and he has been repeatedly defeated by all the US courts.

This Hanukkah party was among at least 25 indoor parties planned for a packed holiday season at the White House.  The administration is ignoring warnings from their own public health experts to avoid large groups and to limit travel.

More than 100 guests attended each of the two Hanukkah parties held Wednesday.  White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who recovered from the coronavirus last month, was shown not wearing a mask and shaking hands in multiple photos taken with mask-less partygoers.

White House officials said they were taking safety precautions for the events, but would still allow more than 50 guests at each of the parties. Other administration gatherings included a State Department party at the presidential guesthouse featuring roughly 200 quests earlier this week..

Trump defended the White House holding holiday parties during a pandemic this week, saying many of the guests have worn masks “and I think that’s a good thing.”

A request from The Post for comment was sent to the first lady’s office, which has overseen the party planning.  It was not returned.

Speaking in an East Room filled with lights and Christmas trees, Trump wished the crowd a happy Hanukkah before using the “Celebration of the Eight Nights” to talk about the alleged strength of his campaign’s legal efforts, which have been soundly defeated in multiple states.  Courts and election bodies have repeatedly ruled the president’s campaign has not presented evidence supporting its baseless claims of fraud and wrongdoing.  Trump’s allies were dealt a significant blow this week when the US Supreme Court denied a last-minute attempt to overturn the results in Pennsylvania.

Trump remained upbeat at the party, citing news that Republican attorneys general in 17 states threw their support behind a lawsuit from the Texas Attorney General.  Seeking to invalidate votes in key swing states, that suit has been dismissed as a “disaster” by some experts and officials for pushing disproved allegations.  Texas has tried, but they can’t block other votes cast in other states, but they are absurdly still trying.

A mask-less Trump on Wednesday falsely told partygoers that he won this year’s election against Biden “in much the easier way” than he did in 2016 against Hillary Clinton.  While Trump did earn more than 74 million votes last month, that’s an increase of more than 11 million compared with his 2016 victory.  But Trump was bested by Biden’s 81 million votes, the most ever for a presidential candidate.

As attendees yelled out, “Rigged!” and “We love you!,” while the president asked the supportive crowd, “We got 75 million, and we can’t win the election?”

Copyright G. Ater 2020