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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Moving Forward With Revamped July 4th Celebration in D.C.
President Donald Trump is going full steam ahead on a plan to revamp the traditional Fourth of July celebration in Washington into a more partisan, Trump-focused event.
On Feb. 24 Trump tweeted a HOLD THE DATE! that teased an event at the Lincoln Memorial and an address by your favorite President, me!
Washington has for generations staged a non-partisan July 4 fireworks display and concert thats nationally broadcast on PBS. A Capitol Fourth is held on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, about two miles from Trumps proposed gathering place at the Lincoln Memorial. The city also hosts an Independence Day parade through downtown early in the day, and various other events.
The suggestion to hold the date was ridiculed at the time, and some worried about having an Independence Day celebration focused on Trump, rather than on the nation. Imagery of the president speaking in front of the white marble monument, complete with fireworks, would also be 2020 campaign footage gold.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-11/trump-moving-forward-with-revamped-july-4th-celebration-in-d-c?srnd=politics-vp
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,966 posts)And far away from a TV.
Who wants to be part of the AREN'T I GREAT day?
Different Drummer
(7,695 posts)So he thinks he's Obama?
badhair77
(4,236 posts)Doesnt it make you want to vomit. The
Fiendish Thingy
(15,729 posts)And feel free to boo, wave a sign, or turn their backs...
kimbutgar
(21,318 posts)pr disaster for him. But I fear magas might show up with guns and start shooting. Unless there is a law against open carry in DC.
Th anti magas should wear white as a protest but also to show our numbers against him.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,729 posts)But that wouldn't stop people from booing or turning their backs.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)The WH advance teams will make sure that everyone in the camera shot audible on the audio feed are Trump-loving MAGA-hat wearing fanatics.
It will be up to the media to venture past the press area to cover the whole crowd, not just those in the carefully-planned shot.
Siwsan
(26,359 posts)The guy is a cop so calling to report him is useless. Confronting him is dangerous because he's also a hot headed a$$hole.
So, this year I'm setting up an oscillating sprinkler, and setting it on HIGH.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)Glimmer of Hope
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