CNN just reported the WH West Wing is "shut down" because of COVID

[jpak]

Stupid Spreaders

Dumbasses.

Yup

[soothsayer]

1. Why wasn't it already

[FakeNoose]

49. Exactly - I hope they all quit en masse

[Binkie The Clown]

2. So what, then, would be the point of Trump coming home to a shut down office?

It makes no sense for him to leave the hospital.

[Statistical]

3. PR. The "triumphant" return of the hero.

Smoke and mirrors (and covid spew).

[yonder]

8. Maybe that will be trump's out for flip-flopping

and having to stay at WR? "I can't go back, no one's there".

[Javaman]

59. So he can yell at the paintings lol nt

[Lock him up.]

62. That's why they all run away from our now infected house.

Don't wanna be there when the masteR spreadeR comes back to infect some more.

[targetpractice]

7. You are deliciously Machiavellian, 33taw! n/t

[wnylib]

61. As I type this, news reports say that Trump

has tweeted that he is leaving WR at 6:30 pm today. Also tweeted that people should not fear this virus and should not let it dominate their lives. Said he feels better now than he did 30 years ago.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

18. That sounds about right.

[superpatriotman]

5. Don't worry

Jared and Ivanka are in charge.

[LisaL]

9. Somehow that doesn't sound comforting.

NT

[Denvermosaic]

30. No, Putin is in charged

[lagomorph777]

44. So, no change in normal operating status.

[lastlib]

50. Jared--Al Haig sans battle-ribbons?

"I am in control here...."

[liberalmuse]

6. Horrific National Security Emergency.

Trump has put us in a very dangerous place (moreso than he normally does). There is no one of sound mind in charge.

[Lonestarblue]

28. Not to worry. No one of sound mind has been in charge since January 20, 2017.

[CentralMass]

42. Yes, this is a very grave situation.

[tinrobot]

10. Correct me, but I think the last time the West Wing was empty was on 9/11

I remember them evacuating because of possible terrorist attacks.

Their stupidity is putting our national security at risk.

[Baclava]

11. Donald was able to do something only terrorists could, shut down the WH, reckless and irresponsible

[flibbitygiblets]

68. ergo, trump is the same as a terrorist

makes perfect sense now

[WyattKansas]

12. Hopefully Senate Republicans huddled together tightly with their evil meetings to...

Completely screw over the American People before they were thrown out of power, after their Rose Garden Virus Ceremony.

[FarPoint]

13. I was just thinking that this must happen.

It's a petri dish for COVID 19

[Botany]

14. Well Donny never did any work there when it was open I guess he can do no work someplace else.

schadenfreude


noun: Schadenfreude; noun: schadenfreude
pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.
"a business that thrives on schadenfreude"

[erronis]

35. We've all become german experts recently. Especially this word.

Based on my grade-school german, I also like: scheisskopf, trumpfkopf

[Botany]

37. Actually that word, schadenfreude, was one of the #1 searched words last week when it came out ...

.... Donny had C-19.

[lsewpershad]

43. Misspelling correction

Trumpfkoff.

[erronis]

45. Excellent! (koff-koff)

[niyad]

64. Backpfeifengesicht.

[crickets]

69. That's my current favorite! Very appropriate. nt

[sprinkleeninow]

67. scheisse equals hovno/guvno

[underpants]

15. White House Down

I actually just posted on another thread that they need to all quarantine

I don’t know if they can set up secure remote communications.

[lunatica]

58. They can't be trusted with security issues

Although they’ve probably been using unsecured iPhones, emails, etc., all along. It’s probably a good thing Trump doesn’t do any work. That might keep Putin in the dark like the rest of us.

[Blue Owl]

16. Womp Womp for wittle Donny's West Wing

[AnnaLee]

17. Herd immunity might be job security at the Whitehouse. ntp

[lagomorph777]

56. Well, now we know there's no such thing as Turd Immunity.

[Totally Tunsie]

19. Could be the best thing that's happened in the last 4 years.

[CentralMass]

20. Now I'm starting to think that they transported his Orange @$$ to WR to stop him from

infecting the country.

[FakeNoose]

52. It was a WH staffer that leaked to Bloomberg

... about Hope Hicks testing positive. By that point several people were already sick, or at least thought they were infected. Chump was trying to deny it all, and keep it out of the press.

Thank God SOMEBODY leaked it last week, and Bloomberg understood its importance!

[CentralMass]

53. +1

[ffr]

21. I remember when it happened during Obama's tenure, twice!

And Fox News was okay with it then too.

[Iliyah]

22. And they went home to their families . . . .

And their families went shopping, et al.,

And to church

[AllaN01Bear]

23. if joe wins next month , in jan they will have to put that place on a huge deep clean and detox.

and a psps for the white house .( psps. public saftey power shutoff)

[lastlib]

51. To say nothing of the stench of sulfur..........

How does sulfur react with bleach?? asking for friends.

[CountAllVotes]

24. If this is the "October Surprise"

I for one am not amused!

& recommend!

[DFW]

25. Nobody left who is NOT infected?

The White House itself will have to be disinfected and fumigated when the Trumpanzees finally leave. Biden may become President on day one, but he won't be able to move in to the Whits House for ten days unless the clean-up starts now.

[Midnight Writer]

26. Kimberly has already had it. She could step in and run things until this blows over.

[sinkingfeeling]

27. Will they ever figure out how a pandemic spreads?

[gab13by13]

39. A good place to start would be Trump,

The White House is the hive, call in Ridley quick while mother virus is away.

[SunSeeker]

29. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. nt

[Evolve Dammit]

31. Fumigation starts early, that's all. Clear out the staff and artwork and commence sterilization.

Can be re-occupied third week in January..

[Upthevibe]

32. Kick....n/t

[Buckeye_Democrat]

33. The entire WH probably needs disinfected...

... with something like Lysol "bug bombs" tossed inside the rooms by military units wearing their full biological warfare protective gear.

[Denvermosaic]

34. The White House is going to need a major decontamination to remove Covid and Trup's stench out

of there following Biden's inauguration.

[dchill]

36. West Wing is "shut down" - Like that's a viable option.

[erronis]

38. What's wrong with just running aerosolized chlorine bleach through the WH ventilation system

while all those WH idiots are inside?

Isn't that the same thing as injecting bleach or something?

How about every room be fitted out with 1000W UV lamps also?

Please seal the doors/windows/etc. from the building for 2+ weeks.

All non-(R)epuglicon type people should not be allowed in.

Budgers and diet colas and covfefe will be served - at the taxpayers expense.

[lsewpershad]

40. Now shut down the Whitehouse.

[deancr]

41. So any local mcdonald's manager

could run the WH more safely. Check.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

46. I'm imagining some poor African American old woman...

... wearing a kerchief, being ordered to clean up their mess with a janitor's cart of cleaning supplies.

[Tanuki]

47. Are we a failed state yet?

[world wide wally]

54. How on fucking Earth does anyone want 4 more years of this?

[niyad]

72. The ones who are making money off this, the ones consolidating their power. Oh, and the

kool-ade drinkers. The xian nutbars.. . Shall I go on??

[Laura PourMeADrink]

55. Covid-45

[PuppyBismark]

57. What about the old executive office building next to the West Wing?

Last edited Mon Oct 5, 2020, 04:30 PM - Edit history (1)

The West Wing is very small, with tiny offices. Most of the White House staff work in the Old Executive Office building (OEOB) next to the West Wing. I worked in the Executive Office of the President for one year and am very familiar with the offices. I suspect many of those in the OEOB are likewise worried. For example the VP main office is in the OEOB, not the West Wing.

I suspect the West Wing is a code word for the President's staff, which is a few hundred people.

[49jim]

60. Trump said he is going back to the WH

at 6:30 tonight.....if the west wing is "closed"....who is going to be there to do any work?

[nilram]

63. Thanks, Obama!

[sprinkleeninow]

65. This whole scene appears to be full of HOVNO. According to Royal Carpathian Mountain descendants

of which I yam one. 😁

[Larissa]

66. This looks G-d-awful

America is a tinpot collapsing in front of the entire world. Isn't there anyone that has a clue?

[democrattotheend]

70. I feel bad for the residence staff, the Secret Service, and other non-political employees

Who don't have a choice but to keep working there despite it being a COVID hotspot. I even feel some sympathy for the junior staffers in the administration who are being forced to come in to keep up appearances and aren't being given any information about who is infected so they can try to stay safe.

[Coyote45]

71. jpak

i would add the term "probably" infected.

[Skittles]

73. fucking morons

seriously, we are in this predicament because of SELFISH ASSHOLES WHO THINK THE RULES DO NOT APPLY TO THEM