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Trump inauguration moving indoors due to cold weather

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Trump said he'll be sworn in and deliver his inauguration address inside the Capitol Rotunda.

"We will open Capital One Arena on Monday for LIVE viewing of this Historic event, and to host the Presidential Parade," Trump added. "I will join the crowd at Capital One, after my Swearing In."

When Trump is sworn in at noon on Monday, the temperature will be about 18 or 19 degrees [F]. Due to the wind, the wind chill -- what temperature it feels like -- will be between 5 and 10 degrees.

President Ronald Reagan's second inauguration in 1985 was also moved inside due to the weather.
 

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Reasonable.

Hopefully there are provisions for the people who will undoubtebly flock towards the inauguration and will need shelter and warmth.
 
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This is actually good news, the liberal left wing Soros controlled media will not be able to falsify crowd size with their manipulation of photos.
 
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This is actually good news, the liberal left wing Soros controlled media will not be able to falsify crowd size with their manipulation of photos.
At the Capital One arena…who’s in your wallet!?
 
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Well, many on the left were saying, "it would be a cold day in Hell before Trump becomes President again." :D

Monday is that day, apparently.
 
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I’m sure the White House wants to avoid another William Henry Harrison situation. It’s a pity, because my husband will be in DC for the long weekend and hoped to see the inauguration. But a bunch of scattered indoor events isn’t nearly as exciting.
 
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The people who want to invade Greenland say it's too cold to Inaugerate outside.
Greenland is known as “The Everglades of the Arctic”.
 
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I’m sure the White House wants to avoid another William Henry Harrison situation. It’s a pity, because my husband will be in DC for the long weekend and hoped to see the inauguration. But a bunch of scattered indoor events isn’t nearly as exciting.
A city full of Trump supporters!

I hope that they all have a wonderful time installing the McPresident for another four seasons of this show.
 
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A few interesting notes about the general logistics.

How moving Trump’s inauguration inside spurred an all-out scramble

Law enforcement officials called emergency meetings. Members of Congress learned about the change in the media, then fielded hundreds of calls from confused constituents who had tickets to the festivities. Workers inside the Capitol Rotunda, where Trump will now take the oath of office, quickly got to work assembling a new podium. And scores of people from across the country who had bought flights and booked hotels reconsidered their trips to the nation’s capital.

The 220,000 tickets distributed by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, a bipartisan group responsible for planning the event, will now be “commemorative,” the House Sergeant at Arms said in an email Friday to lawmakers and Hill staff, adding that “the majority of ticketed guests will not be able to attend the ceremonies in person.” The Capital One Arena, where Trump said supporters could watch the swearing-in, can seat up to 20,000.

In online forums Friday, hundreds of people debated whether to bail on their trips to D.C. or make the most of an event now better-catered to a TV audience. Some people said they planned to pick up their now-defunct tickets for scrapbooking purposes. Others suggested gatherings in hotel lobbies and at nearby bars with big screens. Some wrote that Trump, who is from New York and Vance, who is from Ohio, should have been used to the weather and proceeded outside, as scheduled.

“So my thing is this,” one person wrote, “we can stand outside Capital One Arena for HOURS to see it on screens inside but cant stand outside for a couple hours with tickets?”

The move indoors could shift the center of gravity from the National Mall to the Capital One Arena, where thousands of Trump supporters were already scheduled to convene for a “victory rally” Sunday. The stadium is in the heart of downtown Washington, nestled amid residential high rises and restaurants and bars — potentially complicating security efforts.

Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications for the Secret Service, said in a statement that “we account for various contingencies, including inclement weather” and that “public transportation and pedestrian impacts should be expected in the area around the Capital One Arena.”
 
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On DAY ONE Trump should change inauguration day to April and get a do over..... like he gets in golf.
Because of the fires, the MLK parade in Los Angeles will be held on Presidents Day.
 
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On the minus side, Trump won't have quite the crowd he wanted, but on the plus side, the inaugural committee will have lots of billionaire's money left over.
Otoh he wont have to be dismayed by, and then lie about, far less than the crowd he wanted
 
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