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hatrack

(65,424 posts)
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 10:33 AM Sunday

Awwww!!! Sad Trumpers!! They Roasted In The Heat, Got Shooed Off The Mall By Cops, Spent Lots of Money

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But a little before 7 p.m., attendees were ordered to leave the grounds because of approaching violent storms and seek shelter in nearby museums and government buildings. Many on the Mall balked at the order, and some yelled at U.S. Park Police and other law enforcement agents who directed them to leave as skies darkened above them. As the Mall was being cleared, other people continued to arrive, only to be turned away. On Pennsylvania Avenue NW, just steps from the White House, authorities were shepherding attendees from the event perimeter. Crowds streamed in all directions, in search of shelter or a restaurant or their hotels. Officers blew whistles and shouted for everyone to clear the area. But hundreds of people, some in star-spangled outfits or Trump-themed gear, stayed nearby hoping to be let back in.

John Kile, who flew in from Dublin just for the event, fumed at having been turned away. He said he tried to gain access at several checkpoints, spending hours waiting in line. “We came all the way here for the Fourth of July event, got an expensive hotel, and we can’t get in,” said Kile, 29. “And it’s … 100 degrees, so, yeah, definitely a letdown.” “It doesn’t seem to be well-orchestrated to be honest,” he added.

Kile still hoped to be let in, but for others, the strain of the day had proved too much. A dejected Michala Herbster and her grandparents, Carl and Debbie Herbster, sat on a ledge near the Wilson Building, not far from the Mall. The trio waited in line for over two hours in the “unbearable” heat, in hopes of getting a good spot for the fireworks show — and, more importantly, Trump’s speech. After being evacuated from the Mall, all the family wanted to do was to get back to their hotel. Michala, 23, traveled from Ringgold, Louisiana, for the holiday, while her grandparents came in from Indianapolis. “Very expensive trips,” Debbie groused. Unable to call an Uber to get back to their hotel, they headed to the Federal Triangle metro stop, heads bowed slightly as rain continued to fall.

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Two couples who had been waiting for updates commiserated about the many indignities of the day. “I paid thousands of dollars to come use a Porta Potty for the first time in my life,” said Tanya Wells of Connecticut. “That’s the first time for me, too,” said Georgia resident Almira Bacon. The Bacons and Wellses — who met while waiting out the rain — had challenging days. Michael Bacon described hours of trekking between security checkpoints and waiting in long lines because of contradictory instructions from law enforcement officers. Wells and her husband, Jeremy, echoed his complaints about a lack of clarity from event organizers.

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https://wapo.st/4oZVh1i

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/07/05/july-4-fireworks-national-mall-brilliant-end-challenging-day/

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Awwww!!! Sad Trumpers!! They Roasted In The Heat, Got Shooed Off The Mall By Cops, Spent Lots of Money (Original Post) hatrack Sunday OP
ETTD! stumpysbear Sunday #1
TSF promised em a 4th they'll never forget and he came thru so what's the problem? Deuxcents Sunday #2
I like the way you think! Mr. Evil Sunday #34
Thank goodness popsdenver Sunday #45
The irony of MAGA having to seek shelter in the African American museum. LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #3
On the bright side, maybe they learned that mother nature does not play favorites 70sEraVet Sunday #15
I'm sure they'd blame the thunderstorms on the Democrats if they could find a way to do it. ShazzieB Sunday #28
Yup Lemon Lyman Sunday #37
Sadly, you are incorrect. "geoengineering" the weather, according niyad Sunday #47
Wow, there must be thousands of them MAGA critters in there Bluetus Sunday #20
This God character had them all in one spot. Dr. T Sunday #29
Maybe they learned something about African American history while there. Naw, who am I kidding. Raftergirl Sunday #53
I'm most interested in the MAGAts that claim they've never used a porta potty. BannonsLiver Sunday #4
Talk about privilege.... frogstar0 Sunday #5
They probably use the bushes, instead. GoCubsGo Sunday #18
No camping or outdoor activities for them. BidenRocks Sunday #21
Any big outdoor event. Our local farmers' markets. Even construction niyad Sunday #48
Eau du Campsite BidenRocks Sunday #50
Someone should check the Capitol Raven123 Sunday #6
They're used to just shitting on the furniture and in the hallways ToxMarz Sunday #8
The Park Police should be careful Turbineguy Sunday #7
It sounds like some of them did see it as something akin to that! ShazzieB Sunday #30
The guy who flew in from Ireland definitely should get a REFUND! FakeNoose Sunday #9
What he needs to get is his head examined. Vinca Sunday #10
No doubt blaming "the left" for it durablend Sunday #11
Didn't you see the bit in another OP about Dems "geoengineering" niyad Sunday #13
Another Antifa triumph! SergeStorms Sunday #23
I'm fascinated by the way MAGAs have taken to blaming weather events on nefarious liberals... Ol Janx Spirit Sunday #31
Shaking down the stupid people. paleotn Sunday #12
I have not one single fuck to give about any of them. niyad Sunday #14
"Commies" would have done a much better job. Mblaze Sunday #16
Mall cops. LOL Bluetus Sunday #17
They would say God hates libs Delarage Sunday #19
Each person extremely stupid and vapid. Their loss would mean nothing dave99 Sunday #22
I suggest they go home, refinance their houses and put it all into the Trump meme coin. NoMoreRepugs Sunday #24
The National Commander.... SergeStorms Sunday #25
Meanwhile, Trump got ushered into his air-conditioned glass cage, MineralMan Sunday #26
From the WaPo article (thanks for gift link!) yardwork Sunday #27
The bar is low with this bunch. Dr. T Sunday #32
They are used to a few bottle rockets and sparklers in the trailer park. redstatebluegirl Sunday #35
They were just bored. Or in disbelief that it was so boring. Ms. Toad Sunday #36
The annual fireworks put on by local volunteer fire departments sound more interesting. yardwork Sunday #42
The only fireworks I really like are at our local minor-league ball park. Ms. Toad Sunday #43
"I paid thousands of dollars to come use a Porta Potty" snot Sunday #33
From Titanic the Musical Wednesdays Sunday #54
Oh, and some details on Michala and her sad Trumper family from Ringgold and Indianapolis . . . hatrack Sunday #38
You know what I do when taking a trip? Buddyzbuddy Sunday #39
Complaining about having to use a Porta Potty? Have they never attended an event of any kind before? Martin68 Sunday #40
It kind of sounds that way, doesn't it? yardwork Sunday #44
I have a great deal less sympathy for those who voted for Trump than I do for people like me who have always loved the Martin68 Sunday #46
Look on the bright side, kiddos. Grokenstein Sunday #41
Well, if you decide to believe in Trump, there WILL be a cost for doing that. calimary Sunday #49
It always gets me Blue_Roses Sunday #51
When will they finally realize Faux pas Sunday #52
no worse than a nascar event. rampartd Monday #55

popsdenver

(2,916 posts)
45. Thank goodness
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 01:55 PM
Sunday

it didn't end up like the Catholic World Youth Day in Denver back in 1994?................300 to 400 THOUSAND KIDS, out in the open, temps in the 90's, with nowhere near enough water and porta potties. It wasn't just the heat, they had all just walked 10 miles, in 90+ degree heat, from downtown Denver to the Cherry Creek Reservoir Area......and most of them from the flatlands weren't used to the 5K altitude of Denver......
It was quickly declared the largest *Mass Casualty Incident* ever recorded..........EMT's and Paramedics from a radius of 50 miles around Denver were pouring in emergent.......from noon to 8pm that night, they started over 20,000 IV's in dehydrated kids that were crumping from the heat.......Un-real that no one died.........Thank goodness, the Colorado National Guard, in large numbers, was also on duty at the event, guarding Bill Clinton and the Pope........their help made all the difference......

70sEraVet

(5,802 posts)
15. On the bright side, maybe they learned that mother nature does not play favorites
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 12:14 PM
Sunday

rains on White Nationalists same as on racial minorities!

ShazzieB

(23,147 posts)
28. I'm sure they'd blame the thunderstorms on the Democrats if they could find a way to do it.
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 01:00 PM
Sunday

But that would be a reach even for the brainwashed MAGA cultists. Too bad, so sad!

Dr. T

(874 posts)
29. This God character had them all in one spot.
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 01:03 PM
Sunday

One good, hard lightening bolt would have provided sufficient smite force to do some bigly smiting. I'm disappointed.

Raftergirl

(2,021 posts)
53. Maybe they learned something about African American history while there. Naw, who am I kidding.
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 09:13 PM
Sunday

frogstar0

(278 posts)
5. Talk about privilege....
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 11:32 AM
Sunday

Can anyone in America, not living in an extreme sheltered life, say they have never used a port a potty? I almost want to ask if they have servants wipe their butt for them but I won't.....

BidenRocks

(3,718 posts)
21. No camping or outdoor activities for them.
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 12:33 PM
Sunday

A regular Ramada Inn camper!

She's lucky to never had a natural disaster.
So much for tough, bad-assed maga warriors for Chump!

No bathroom, sorry!

niyad

(135,813 posts)
48. Any big outdoor event. Our local farmers' markets. Even construction
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 04:39 PM
Sunday

zones, like when one of our parks was being redone.

ToxMarz

(3,227 posts)
8. They're used to just shitting on the furniture and in the hallways
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 11:53 AM
Sunday

then smearing it on the walls

Turbineguy

(40,326 posts)
7. The Park Police should be careful
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 11:50 AM
Sunday

the concept of coming in out of the rain could be misunderstood as having their freedom taken away.

ShazzieB

(23,147 posts)
30. It sounds like some of them did see it as something akin to that!
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 01:07 PM
Sunday
John Kile, who flew in from Dublin just for the event, fumed at having been turned away. He said he tried to gain access at several checkpoints, spending hours waiting in line. “We came all the way here for the Fourth of July event, got an expensive hotel, and we can’t get in,” said Kile, 29.


Poor widdle disappointed MAGAs, upset about not being allowed to stay out in the rain and get struck by lightning!

FakeNoose

(43,338 posts)
9. The guy who flew in from Ireland definitely should get a REFUND!
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 11:58 AM
Sunday

Maybe Chump will reimburse him?

Ol Janx Spirit

(1,155 posts)
31. I'm fascinated by the way MAGAs have taken to blaming weather events on nefarious liberals...
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 01:07 PM
Sunday

...whom they simultaneously claim are too dum [sic] to even begin to understand the greatness of their cult leader.

MTG's "Jewish space lasers" linked to the Rothschild family intentionally sparking the California wildfires to clear land for a high-speed rail project; weather control technology to steer hurricane Helene toward Republican voters in order to tilt the presidential election; "fake" snow in Texas; "directed-energy weapons" to intentionally ignite Lahaina, Maui, to convert it into a "smart island"; etc.

It's not surprising. This is a group of people that will do anything at all to avoid inconvenient truths like the fact that scientists have been warning us about manmade climate change since at least 1938--or perhaps more accurately easily fall for the propaganda the fossil fuel industry pushes to them through Republican media and politicians.

Yet, many of them are absolutely certain without any evidence that some sort of "rapture" is coming any day now--again falling for the propaganda pushed at them by the industrial religion complex.

Oh, what a world, what a world!



NoMoreRepugs

(12,360 posts)
24. I suggest they go home, refinance their houses and put it all into the Trump meme coin.
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 12:50 PM
Sunday

May as well go all in at this point.

SergeStorms

(21,166 posts)
25. The National Commander....
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 12:50 PM
Sunday

of Antifa was allowed to remain on the grounds.

Why not the MAGAs????????

MineralMan

(152,155 posts)
26. Meanwhile, Trump got ushered into his air-conditioned glass cage,
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 12:55 PM
Sunday

where he gave his little speech. I think he fell asleep before the fireworks, show, though.

yardwork

(70,202 posts)
27. From the WaPo article (thanks for gift link!)
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 12:58 PM
Sunday

Did AI wrote this fluff?

But the fireworks display that began a stroke before midnight and lasted 40 minutes, was a reward for those who stayed and may have provided a temporary respite for a capital and country riven by political anger, distrust and contempt.



In bursts of golds and yellows, reds, whites and blues, the fireworks illuminated the black canvas of the late-night sky. On the Mall, squeals of delight and disbelief could be heard from the outset. After a while, it seemed, attendees ran out of expressions of disbelief and just observed quietly.


A 40-minute fireworks display at midnight caused disbelief?

????

Ms. Toad

(38,973 posts)
36. They were just bored. Or in disbelief that it was so boring.
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 01:19 PM
Sunday

I watched the display. Perhaps a dozen stations, all fired off at exactly the same time, shooting the same fireworks. Looked like a field of identical, evenly spaced, daisies. Over and over.

Music was nice, but the amateur displays put on my BIL and cousin were far more interesting.

yardwork

(70,202 posts)
42. The annual fireworks put on by local volunteer fire departments sound more interesting.
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 01:46 PM
Sunday

Better food and better company, too. Easy to get back to your car if it rains. Money spent on a good local cause. True American values.

Ms. Toad

(38,973 posts)
43. The only fireworks I really like are at our local minor-league ball park.
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 01:52 PM
Sunday

They do an excellent job of timing the fireworks to the music, so it is like watching well-choreographed dancing fireworks.

snot

(11,968 posts)
33. "I paid thousands of dollars to come use a Porta Potty"
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 01:10 PM
Sunday

What we've had from TPTB for too long.

Wednesdays

(23,605 posts)
54. From Titanic the Musical
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 10:29 PM
Sunday

[ETCHES (spoken)]
The latest word, sir, seems to be that she's damaged one
of the wing propellers and we could be delayed for an entire
day, sir.

[THAYER]
I don't like the way this sounds

[GUGGENHEIM]
Not a bit, not a bit, not a little bit

[THAYER]
We spent eighteen hundred pounds

[GUGGENHEIM]
Not a bit, not a bit, not a little bit

[GUGGENHEIM, THAYER, & WIDENER]
This is not the sort of voyage we paid for!
I demand to know what the ship is delayed for
Right now!

hatrack

(65,424 posts)
38. Oh, and some details on Michala and her sad Trumper family from Ringgold and Indianapolis . . .
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 01:24 PM
Sunday

Ringgold is a town in the U.S. state of Louisiana, in the western half of Bienville Parish. The town of Ringgold is named for United States Army Major Samuel Ringgold. As of the 2020 census, Ringgold had a population of 1,379. It is the second largest incorporated municipality in Bienville Parish by population.

Yep, and hard by Shreveport, Mike Johnson territory, Nowheresville - marinated for decades in mosquitoes, Fox News and fundy End Times churches, chockablock with apocalyptic bullshit and youth pastor sexual predation.

Trump country, IOW.

Buddyzbuddy

(3,121 posts)
39. You know what I do when taking a trip?
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 01:27 PM
Sunday

I check the weather forecast. But when you think your President is God and the earth is 6000 years old, you're not likely to believe all that "sciency" stuff.

I must admit, it was sad to see so many baby strollers in the clip I saw in what was obviously ominous looking weather.

Martin68

(28,406 posts)
40. Complaining about having to use a Porta Potty? Have they never attended an event of any kind before?
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 01:31 PM
Sunday

yardwork

(70,202 posts)
44. It kind of sounds that way, doesn't it?
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 01:53 PM
Sunday

My overall feeling is sadness. It's sad that thousands of people spent a lot of money they couldn't afford to travel all the way to Trump's con show.

We here on DU expected it to be hot and humid, disorganized, and built with total contempt for the people attending. Apparently these folks still believe all Trump's promises and had no idea what they were walking into.

The sad part is they'll probably never visit the capital again. They missed all the best parts and will remember it with regret, anger, and probably a vague sense of shame for being conned. They'll immediately redirect those uncomfortable feelings as rage at Democrats.

Sad.

Martin68

(28,406 posts)
46. I have a great deal less sympathy for those who voted for Trump than I do for people like me who have always loved the
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 01:58 PM
Sunday

monuments, museums, and restaurants of Washington, DC. We have been forced to watch as Trump despoils the city in every way he can imagine. He always hated the city and everything it stood for. This is his revenge.

Grokenstein

(6,475 posts)
41. Look on the bright side, kiddos.
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 01:46 PM
Sunday

Your lord and savior is still making a fortune while destroying the nation, so rejoice and accept your "Fell For It Again" ribbon with the quiet, thoughtful grace we've come to expect from bootlick magats. /s

Also, be thankful he didn't bus you miles deep in the woods then abandon you there during a cold snap.

I swear, pig could tell them his NFTs are inside a running industrial woodchipper and they'd fight each other to be first to dive in.

calimary

(91,695 posts)
49. Well, if you decide to believe in Trump, there WILL be a cost for doing that.
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 05:45 PM
Sunday

And you’ll be expected to pay it, no matter how high, and whether you want to or not.

Bottom line, for him, is and will ALWAYS be, the money. Including YOURS.

Blue_Roses

(13,957 posts)
51. It always gets me
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 07:03 PM
Sunday

how people think they are going to have access to a nice bathroom when they go to these outside events. Nobody likes porta potties, but it's better than nothing, especially if you're drinking beer.

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