We need more reminders to GOTV. If anything, taste should reign. The MSM making a big deal of Kamala Harris buying a crepe pan in Paris when she could have ordered the same object online from Williams Sonoma at the same price is the height of media illiteracy. It was a souvenir, FFS.
Simply put, food is the most relatable medium, says David Urban, who advised the 2016 and 2020 campaigns of former president Donald Trump. “People in America connect through food,” says Urban, a managing director at BGR Group. “And so when they turn on the local news and they see their friends and their neighbors and they see a candidate eating where they eat, they think, ‘He’s like me, she’s like me,’ right? That creates a sense of connectivity.”
Although many of these interactions might look casual, a lot goes on behind the scenes to pull them off. To start, picking the right spot is crucial. Advance staffers, the people who travel ahead of the candidate, are usually tasked with identifying potential venues. Typically, campaigns look for iconic establishments.
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A Diet Coketm pour is something to look forward to if Trump returns to DC. This could be the method to motivate assassins wanting to substitute JD Vance via the 25th Amendment.
"The beverage had to be opened in front of the germophobe commander in chief, 'never beforehand,'"
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Washingtonian writes, summarizing the instructions. "The server was to hold a longneck-bottle opener by the lower third of the handle in one hand and the Diet Coke, also by the lower third, in the other. Once poured, the drink had to be placed at the President's right-hand side."
Servers at the hotel restaurant were also instructed to ask Trump if he'd like his Diet Coke with or without ice the minute he was seated.
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A.I. Parody:
Ted Cruz— “Kamala can’t have my guns, she can’t have my gasoline engine, and she sure as hell can’t have my steaks and cheeseburgers.”
If Washington is the swamp, its steakhouses are the alligator pits. While a fresh generation of diverse and trendy restaurants have helped shake the local food scene’s longtime steak-and-potatoes reputation, steakhouses have persisted—fueled in no small part by the ever-changing cast of politicos who frequent them. They’re places where alliances are forged, lawmakers are lobbied, and gobs of money are raised. They’re also country clubs of sorts, each with its own loyal membership.
In particular, Republicans are associated with red meat, a stereotype buoyed by BLT Prime in the Trump hotel—the MAGA hub during the Trump years—and the former President’s own affinity for a well-done filet. Steakhouses have become not just meeting points but talking points in the culture wars. Trump has repeatedly suggested that beef is one more thing Kamala Harris is coming for: “She wants the government to stop people from eating red meat. She wants to get rid of your cows. No more cows.”
The data actually supports partisan perceptions. Campaign-finance reports reveal that Republicans overwhelmingly outspend Democrats at every major steakhouse in the city, including Charlie Palmer Steak; Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab; Rare Steakhouse; the Palm; and Bobby Van’s. At the Capital Grille, Republicans have outspent Democrats nearly 13 to 1 so far this election cycle, with bills totaling more than $762,000. Want to know where the right will congregate if there’s a second Trump administration but no more Trump hotel? Well, follow the money . . . and the meat. Because yes, there’s a lot at stake this election—but there’s also a lot of steak.
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