Boos at the inauguration?

[Mik]

NPR was going on today about how Trump is popular with WHITE evangelical Christians. Somehow they neglected to mention he's pretty popular among black ECs too. The condescension toward those of faith fairly dripped from their words.

[AndyD]

Hilary Clinton was outwardly laughing at some of the ridiculous things he proposed.

Still, the Rotunda speech was better than his mostly(?) unscripted, rambling, rather smug, lie-filled second speech. He's a convicted felon so no surprises.

I sincerely hope his actions do help your country and improve all of your lives. It's a second and highly significant chance to do good; his place in history is already assured, fingers crossed it will read well.

[Renauda]

@Horace said in Boos at the inauguration?:

@Renauda Apparently it's a mode of performative communication that plays well with certain significant cultures in the US, and those cultures were represented at the inauguration, at the invitation of Trump. I appreciate that aspect.

Yes, that would explain why I cannot appreciate it. No wonder it seemed quite alien to me.

[Axtremus]

@Copper said in Boos at the inauguration?:

Who booed whom?

I have the same question.
@Mik, do you know?

[Jolly]

@AndyD said in Boos at the inauguration?:

Hilary Clinton was outwardly laughing at some of the ridiculous things he proposed.

Still, the Rotunda speech was better than his mostly(?) unscripted, rambling, rather smug, lie-filled second speech. He's a convicted felon so no surprises.

I sincerely hope his actions do help your country and improve all of your lives. It's a second and highly significant chance to do good; his place in history is already assured, fingers crossed it will read well.

Hillary matters?

[Mik]

The renaming stuff is symbolic, and imo a complete waste of time.

[George K]

@Mik said in Boos at the inauguration?:

The renaming stuff is symbolic, and imo a complete waste of time.

Yes. So why did the ODGCM do it?

[Copper]

@Mik said in Boos at the inauguration?:

The renaming stuff is symbolic, and imo a complete waste of time.

And money.

The cost to rename 9 Confederacy-honoring Army bases has doubled

The Army expects to pay $39 million, said Lt. Gen. Kevin Vereen, Army deputy chief of staff for installations. In 2022, the congressionally-mandated Naming Commission estimated it would cost $21 million to rename the nine Army installations.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/03/24/the-cost-to-rename-9-confederacy-honoring-army-bases-has-doubled/

[George K]

@Copper said in Boos at the inauguration?:

@Mik said in Boos at the inauguration?:

The renaming stuff is symbolic, and imo a complete waste of time.

And money.

The cost to rename 9 Confederacy-honoring Army bases has doubled

DOGE-eriffic!

[Renauda]

@George-K

ODGCM

And that is?

[Mik]

@George-K said in Boos at the inauguration?:

@Mik said in Boos at the inauguration?:

The renaming stuff is symbolic, and imo a complete waste of time.

Yes. So why did the ODGCM do it?

He didn’t know he did.