Trump's D.C. hotel bans press during inauguration week

[highplainsdem]

Source: Politico

The Trump International Hotel in Washington is banning the media from its premises during inauguration week.

“Media is not allowed in this week in respect of the privacy of our guests,” Patricia Tang, the hotel’s director of sales and marketing wrote in an email.

A POLITICO reporter attempted to enter the hotel Wednesday morning for a previously scheduled breakfast meeting but was stopped at the door. He then identified himself as a journalist and was told “media” was not allowed.

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On Wednesday morning, the hotel was encircled by metal barricades while police officers stood nearby and a firetruck and ambulance lingered outside on Pennsylvania Avenue. An official-looking black car with red and blue lights was also seen entering the hotel driveway followed by a black SUV with flashing red lights.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2017/01/trump-dc-hotel-bans-media-inauguration-week-233766

[longship]

1. Ominous! Very ominous! R&K nt

[radical noodle]

2. That would be the first place I would watch

if he didn't want me there.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Must be a front

for something else going on

[wordpix]

7. whatever else it could be, it will be golden

[Sunlei]

4. 18,000 a night in that hotel for this week. 5 night minimum. & guests can't even invite press.

[bettyellen]

8. So that's not "value in kind" or whatever their excuse is for selling access?

[Sunlei]

9. I think they get 8 free tickets to a table with the republican, with a million donation.

Have to pay for their own hotel room

[bdamomma]

5. yea, I'd like to know

who is on their guest list, maybe some other dictators coming in to heil der fuhrer.

Keeping things secret, maybe pootie is attending. You never know with this mobster family.

How about using night vision cameras?????? that would be interesting.

[PearliePoo2]

6. Hey press..pssst..if you want to see who the guests are, go around the back, where the stables are..

look for a compact, bare-chested guy with big pecs, dismounting and tying up his horse!

[ananda]

10. Golden orgy showers inside?

Just wondrin

[PatSeg]

11. Straight out of Putin's playbook