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COVID-19 and a secret haircut club brought back the White House barbershop
NY Post ^ | April 2, 2021

Posted on 04/02/2021 6:34:25 AM PDT by deplorableindc

WASHINGTON — As COVID-19 lockdowns shuttered businesses across the nation in early 2020, West Wing aides began to sidle off into a downstairs bathroom in the next-door Eisenhower Executive Office Building — for appointments with a black-market barber, The Post has learned.

With barbers across downtown Washington closed under local orders, the underground operation kept then-President Donald Trump’s staff looking their best as they battled a once-in-a-century pandemic

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The Biden White House’s apparent decision to keep the restored barber shop won praise from Trump White House staff, but also scorn for Democratic reluctance to reopen businesses more broadly. One noted strict new press access rules imposed in January.

“The Biden presidency motto: do as I say, not as I do,” a former White House official told The Post. “The fact that he will keep open the White House barber shop while shutting down the press covering him tells you everything you need to know about his gaslight governing.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: coronavirus

1 posted on 04/02/2021 6:34:25 AM PDT by deplorableindc
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To: deplorableindc

What is the point of having power if you do not exercise it for your advantage? /s


2 posted on 04/02/2021 6:40:56 AM PDT by buckalfa (I have forgotten more than I ever knew.)
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To: deplorableindc
"COVID-19 and a secret haircut club brought back the White House barbershop."


3 posted on 04/02/2021 5:50:58 PM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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