Steakhouses, Hill bars and ski trips: GOP carries on amid the pandemic (White House is planning to host over 20 parties for the holidays)

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It's not just the White House flouting pandemic rules to mark this town's schmooziest season.

Some corners of the GOP, including members of Congress, are refusing to let the coronavirus intrude on their holiday gatherings and in-person fundraisers — whether it's on the slopes of Utah or in the steakhouses of Washington.

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Many Democrats, and some Republicans, say in-person gatherings are reckless at a time when hospitals are running out of beds and some cities are running out of places to store bodies.

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The White House is planning to host over 20 parties for the holidays, according to the Washington Post, including a "congressional ball" on Dec. 10. Vice President Mike Pence, who leads the coronavirus task force, is also slated to throw a Christmas celebration at the Naval Observatory on Tuesday evening.

A spokesperson said that around 200 guests will mingle inside a tent that can hold 700 people in order to allow extra space for social distancing. Masks will also be required of attendees, the spokesperson added. Pence also hosted an in-person Hanukkah celebration as well, according to a person who received an invitation.

"The Vice President's Residence is absolutely taking safety precautions," said Kara Brooks, communications director to second lady Karen Pence.

One senior administration official said that the White House spread the parties out among multiple nights to allow for smaller guest lists and social distancing.

Yet at the State Department, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife, Susan, reportedly invited hundreds of guests for various indoor holiday functions.

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But at least one socialite, Sheikha Rima Al-Sabah, the wife of the Kuwaiti Ambassador, has been quietly criticized in D.C. social circles for recently hosting an indoor ladies' lunch for around 10 people and other events, according to one person familiar with the event. The Embassy of Kuwait did not respond to a request for comment.

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Steakhouses, Hill bars and ski trips: GOP carries on amid the pandemic

Many Republicans are refusing to let the coronavirus interfere with their holiday plans.

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.....20 party super spreader event?

 

[Beer Monkey]

Hospitals should be allowed to refuse them care.

 

[Halbrand]

Hoping to see on Day 1 Biden walking into the oval with a mask/hazmat suit on and spraying the whole place down

 

[The Waistcoat]

You could easily say that this is a modern day nero playing the fiddle/lyre while the city burns.

 

[MarioW]

Hoping to see on Day 1 Biden walking into the oval with a mask/hazmat suit on and spraying the whole place down

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To be honest, he probably should have been considering doing that even if COVID wasn't a thing.

 

[Kelsdesu]

I'm done being upset over them. I just hope dems stay the fuck away.

 

[PS9]

They're domestic terrorists.

 

[Cipherr]

The end result of their voting base being taught to never hold them to account.

They fear nothing while letting those people starve die and end up homeless because they know those people aren't going to hold them responsible in the voting booth. So its "free real estate" for them. Unreal.

Literal parties while the country just drowns. Fucking ghouls man.

 

[Mett]

They are gonna have to fumigate this place before Biden moves in.

 

[maxxpower]

If 87 year old Grassley didn't die from it, none of these rats will.