Posted on 12/30/2020 2:38:16 AM PST by RandFan
A D.C. hotel that is located blocks from the White House and, in recent months, has been frequented by the far-right group the Proud Boys announced Monday that it will be closed during the planned pro-President Trump demonstrations next week.
The Hotel Harrington released a statement on Monday saying the hotel will shut down between Monday, Jan. 4, and Wednesday, Jan. 6, as Trump’s supporters plan to protest that Wednesday when Congress is scheduled to certify the election results.
The hotel said it will not host guests except for long-term residents and it will provide refunds to all prepaid reservations made for during that time period.
“Washington, D.C. has been our home for 106 years and we join with all of our guests, visitors, staff and neighbors in our concern and desire for everyone’s health and safety,” the statement read.
“We greatly appreciate the trust our guests have placed in Hotel Harrington over the years and we wish to continue to earn that trust,” the statement continued. “While we cannot control what happens outside of the hotel, we are taking additional steps to protect the safety of our visitors, guests and employees.”
The Hotel Harrington announced it would close the three days next week after The Washington Post published an article detailing how the Proud Boys have been gathering at the hotel in recent months. Several hundred Proud Boys members stayed at the hotel for the Dec. 12 demonstrations contesting the election results.
The hotel bar, known as Harry’s, has also seen an influx of Proud Boys members, and its website said it will not operate on Jan. 5 and 6. Harry’s had shut down early on Dec. 11 and 12 due to concerns about managing COVID-19 social distancing requirements after being cited for violations when Trump supporters were visiting the bar.
The closure will come after the president has predicted a “wild” protest in D.C. on Jan. 6 — the day Congress is expected to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s election win.
The expected demonstration will follow after Trump supporters took to the streets on the night of Dec. 12, with many wearing helmets and bulletproof vests and shouting “F--- antifa!” among other chants.
The D.C. police worked to separate the pro-Trump demonstrators from protesters near Black Lives Matter Plaza. When several Proud Boys members could not break through the police line, some took and burnt a Black Lives Matter banner from a church.
Clashes between the groups of protesters resulted in at least four people being stabbed near Harry’s, although police have not revealed the political motivations of those involved, according to the Post.
Enrique Tarrio, who heads the Proud Boys, told the Post that the group’s members had previously stayed at the hotel and went to the bar because of its proximity to the White House. But he said the group has grown too large for the bar, as he said about 1,000 people attended the last demonstration.
Tarrio told the newspaper that the Proud Boys would not stay at the hotel or go to the bar if businesses requested the group avoid them.
“Of course not. I wouldn’t want to go somewhere, a private business where I’m unwelcome,” he said. “There’s many other options.”
Two employees at the hotel and bar told the Post that the Proud Boys’ presence at their workplace has intimidated some of the workers, many of whom are Black and Hispanic.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the city government urged the bar to close early on Dec. 11-12 due to the protests. Several social justice organizations have called on their members to call the bar to request it condemn the Proud Boys and close during pro-Trump demonstrations, according to the Post.
The media are going to go insane...
Far left political blog, the Hill, thinks most everyone right of Lenin is “far-right”
“the Proud Boys’ presence at their workplace has intimidated some of the workers, many of whom are Black and Hispanic.”
I call BS on that. Enrique Tarrio is lily white, I assume? The Proud Boys organization consists largely of black and Hispanic members.
The Harrington has been harasssed by DC government and other “entities”. The PBs will find places to stay.
Bake the cake. This is discrimination.
The hotel has long term guests living there.
Think if a hotel did this during one of the notorious black young adult beach party weekends (had some guests, refused others).
Here is the entire story broken down to nuts and bolts:
The left has told the hotel if they host the PB’s, the hotel will be burned down and the employees harassed. DC pols also have notified the hotel they should close for those days.
The end.
It's an insane world.
Sounds like the Leftists need to be charged with racketeering and making a terorrist threat.
HAHAHA..You’re funny. Like the left would ever be held accountable.
deceptive business practices suit would fix them good
Last info I had was that the proud boys are not attending.
Saw one of the members on Gavin McGuinness show saying that.
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That is what the Proud Boys should do.
They are just following Voltaire’s philosophy: “I may disagree with what you say, so shut up!”
People should check in a couple of day before and then refuse to leave. Works in Tacoma.
The Hill is a stewing pot where leftist crazies are cooked up and dished out to various neo-Nazi propaganda cesspools like the Washington Post and NBC.
The execrable, whining weenie Chuck Todd is one example.
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