I know it’s cold tonight, and I know you’re the leader of the free world, but would it have killed you to walk from the White House to the Ellipse for the Christmas Tree Lighting instead of taking your whole motorcade the sum total of one block?
I know, I know, you’re hiding behind the Secret Service. I respect that, I suppose, they’re just doing their job, but there’s got to be a way to avoid this kind of stuff, no? It’s silly that you can’t walk one block, from the White House (one of the most heavily guarded fortresses in the world), to the Ellipse, one of the most heavily surveilled places in this city. The President is supposed to be a man of the people, not a hidden figured shushed away by private car.
This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs
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