MAR-A-LAGO
Posted on 03/28/2017 1:45:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Democrats just came up with a catchy-sounding bill to force President Donald Trump to cough up a list of visitors to his private clubs.
But there’s just one problem: There are no lists yet.
On Friday night, guests streamed into Mar-a-Lago, the president’s self-proclaimed “southern White House,” for the annual Palm Beach GOP Lincoln Day Dinner. All they had to do to get into the seaside retreat, where the first lady and the president’s youngest son were vacationing for spring break, was buy a $300 ticket.
They didn’t have to submit to the kinds of rigorous background checks required if they’d been entering the White House in Washington. And there were no weapon screenings or bomb-sniffing dogs checking vehicles of the sort that have long been routine at public restaurants or other places where the president or first lady is present.
Mar-a-Lago also doesn’t keep tabs on the identity of guests who come and go on a routine basis, even while the president is in residence. Club members call the front desk to give the names of their guests, including for parties held in the ballroom. But they don’t have to submit details, like a middle initial or birth date or Social Security number, that are standard for visitor logs or background checks — which neither the club nor the Secret Service do at the resort.
Whether they realize it or not, what the Democratic lawmakers are asking for is a whole new system to be established putting Mar-a-Lago and the other Trump clubs a step closer to being on par with the White House when it comes to disclosure.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
The members have their right to privacy
OMG THAT’S IT HE’S FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another pseudo-journalist honing his pseudo-craft to come with another ominous-sounding entry into fake news. Big scoop, asshole.
They will stop at nothing to “stop at nothing”-—good one, supreme.....just made that up...
They only write their first names in the guest book: Boris, Demetrius etc..........
I have been wondering a long time where Lois Learner and Koskinin’s hard drives and backup media are. You know, when they conspired to keep conservative organizations from getting their tax exemption status.
Mar a Largo visitor logs not so much.
5.56mm
Fake news designed to let the lefty crazies know that they can cause trouble there...No problem...
Did they keep visitor’s logs for places Obama stayed on Martha’s Vineyard, or Hawaii, or other places? Where can we find these logs?
Did all the hotels/resorts the Bush’s, Clontons, and Obamas stayed in have “visitor logs”? For that matter, did Trump Tower have “visitor logs”?
lol
Demented Dems fail again
Democrats only want the lists so they can start intimidating guests of President Trumps facilities.
So, for the price of a $300 ticket, a Jihadi could get into proximity of President Trump and go “BOOM”? Does not sound too secure!
This is a very brave man of the people. We pray for his safety daily.
There’s lots of commercials for laser eye surgery, maybe the Dems could get a group discount. If they did so, perhaps instead of some Russia fantasy they could see:
- Americans burdened health insurance premiums and sky-high deductibles
- Americans punished (cost & crime) because of the failure of our Fed Gov to protect the borders.
- An existential threat from terrorism
- Far too many people dependent on Fed Gov
There’s more to see of course, assuming they ever really wanted to.
“Club members call the front desk to give the names of their guests, including for parties held in the ballroom. “
Ummmm...my name is Wang Hung Low. Chinese national. (cough)
The author’s snippy “the president’s self-proclaimed “southern White House,” comment proves how ignorant journalists are these days.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-a-Lago “National Historic Landmark in Palm Beach, Florida, built from 1924 to 1927 by heiress and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post. Post envisioned the house as a future winter retreat for American presidents and foreign dignitaries, and following her death in 1973, it was bequeathed to the nation. However, successive presidents declined to use the mansion, which was returned to Post’s estate in 1980 and in 1985 was purchased by Donald Trump, later 45th President of the United States.”
A journalist is a 12 year old girl writing fantasies in her diary.
A reporter reports the who/what/where/when/how. Just the facts.
This author, as too many do, falls into the first category.
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