House Dem and GOP leaders are holding respective dinners for new members.

[demmiblue]

House Dem and GOP leaders are holding respective dinners for new members.

.@SpeakerPelosi told me it’s safe. “It’s very spaced,” she said and there is enhanced ventilation and the Capitol physician signed off.

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JFC, this is ill-advised (and I don't care what the Capitol physician says).

[liskddksil]

1. Completely tone deaf nt

[sarcasmo]

2. Covidiots! UGH!

[Sherman A1]

3. This is beyond silly

No one has watched a TV news program or picked up a newspaper since March?


There is a G*ddamn pandemic you bunch of morons.

[marybourg]

4. Disappointed at Pelosi. We've all had to sacrifice

these events. Why not this one? Are we not better than trumpanzees?

[demmiblue]

5. I am not anticipating Biden's inauguration if this is a preview.

The Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies is responsible for several of the events surrounding the inauguration (including the actual swearing in).

[RockCreek]

6. This is really bad. Idiotic. Unless they are all put in individual

Quarrantine for 14 d prior, and tested. (yeah, right!).

[Tarc]

7. There's a line between being safe and being unnecessarily panicky

People have been going to restaurants for months and been fine, as long as safety protocols are followed. Masks into and out of the seating area, tables are well-spaced, proper ventilation or outdoors, servers are masked.

Let's stop being so alarmist.

[RockCreek]

8. We are in a new surge, and the new members come

From all over the country -- including states with very high infection rates. Many states are increasing prevention measures or even resuming lockdowns. What was OK a month ago, or even 2 weeks ago, is no longer IK.

[demmiblue]

9. Well, Pelosi's Deputy Chief of Staff presumably got the word out:

Members-elect are now picking up their boxed meals and departing the Capitol. There is no group dinner. Members-elect are in DC already for orientation.

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