Hotel Harrington announces it will be closed during planned Jan. Pro-Trump demonstration

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: WJLA TV, Channel 7 in DC

Hotel Harrington announces it will be closed during planned Jan. Pro-Trump demonstration

by Samantha Mitchell Monday, December 28th 2020

WASHINGTON (ABC7) -- Hotel Harrington announced that its hotel will be closed on the dates of a planned Pro-Trump demonstration in January. ... The hotel says it will be closed on January 4, 5, and 6 "for the safety of visitors and employees." ... It adds that refunds will be made available for any pre-paid reservations. ... Harry's has served as a gathering spot for President Trump's base.

Several stabbings happened in the area of Harry's Restaurant on the evening of Dec. 12 after mostly-peaceful pro-Trump rallies throughout the day. Officials say the clash was between Trump supporters and Anti-Trump protestors.

The group behind both the 'Million MAGA March' and a pro-President Donald Trump demonstration earlier this month plans to hold another event on January 6, the day President Trump claimed there would be "wild" protests in D.C.

The National Parks Service confirmed to ABC7 the group Women for America First originally submitted an application to hold an event on Jan. 23, the weekend after the inauguration. However, NPS said the group recently amended their application to move the rally to Jan. 5 through 7. The demonstration itself is slated for Jan. 6. on Freedom Plaza.

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Read more: https://wjla.com/news/local/hotel-harrington-announces-be-closed-ahead-planned-january-pro-trump-demonstration

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The story was eight hours old when I posted it.

WJLA is owned by Sinclair Broadcasting.

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Hat tip, Will Sommer. He was tweeting about this last night.

DC's Hotel Harrington, a popular spot for Proud Boys, says it'll be closed on January 6.

https://democraticunderground.com/10444631

I do not know how this affects the hotel's and bar's workers. Someone might be passing the hat for them.

DC's Hotel Harrington, a popular spot for Proud Boys, says it'll be closed on Jan 6 -- the same day as a last-ditch MAGA rally to stop Congress from counting electoral votes. Angry Trump supporters who lost room reservations are fuming on The Donald.

Harry's, the Harrington hotel bar that's become a hub for Proud Boys and other MAGA types and been fined by violating Covid restrictions, has also said they'll be closed Jan. 6.

Link to tweet

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Let the Proud Boys set up shop and headquarter at the DC Trump Hotel.

[scarytomcat]

15. I heard some rooms opened up

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[hlthe2b]

2. Didn't someone post yesterday that the Proud Boys had booked up for Jan 6 at that hotel?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. I had a thread Sunday about Harry's Bar. It was in the DC Group.

Sun Dec 27, 2020: For D.C. protests, Proud Boys settle in at city's oldest hotel and its bar

I also posted Will Sommer's tweet last night in the DC Group.

[samnsara]

3. heehee

[SheltieLover]

4. Good!

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Kind of deflates the idea that businesses are eager for Civil War

Reality has a way of intruding

[gab13by13]

7. I doubt the Proud Bois will be able to pay for

the "Ivanka discount" at Trump's DC Hotel. Don't these Bois have jobs?

[DownriverDem]

8. Well there's that

Personally I hope there is a major snow storm on Jan 6th. I fear that the Military will be called out.

[dware]

10. Why would the Military be called?

You don't think the locals or various Fed. agencies can handle these wannabes? In DC, it's illegal to open carry a firearm and getting a permit to carry one concealed is next to impossible, especially if one isn't a resident of DC.

The FBI's HRT, US Marshal's SWAT team, the ATF's SWAT team, DEA's response teams, along with the DC police can handle these assholes, there's no need to call out the Military, unless it's the NG to help with crowd control.

[efhmc]

17. My daughter got her stun gun conficated many years ago

by DC police. She was an undergrad then. Her dad insisted that she needed some type of protection. He even call the Chief of Police to complain. He also sent her to grad school at Vanderbilt with a hand gun. I told him driving across state lines with that in the moving van was illegal but I didn't get listened to.

[marble falls]

9. Surprising, but smart move.

[wnylib]

11. Good business move to avoid

being held liable for possible injuries or deaths, to their employees and the public. What business would want to be at the heart of violence?

OTOH, Proud Boys might take their anger at the closing out on the hotel.

Let them use park benches and newspapers like homeless people do.

[niyad]

12. Thank you for posting. Knowing that it is a sinclair station confirms the slavering, pro-trump slant

in the article. Not naming the kilt-wearing " proud boys", their "peaceful" gatherings, the not-so-subtle framing that the violence was all the nasty anti-trumpers.

[LiberalBrooke]

13. Who could have predicted that being rude and intimidating towards the staff and other guests

would result in your not being welcome there?

[scarytomcat]

14. the report of being the base must be really bad for business

good move closing

[FakeNoose]

16. Hah! Harry's pulled the Welcome mat out from under them

Buh bye, Proud Boys!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

18. Belated hat tip to Yonnie3, for the earliest DU thread I've found yet

DC's Hotel Harrington says it'll be closed on Jan 6

[BumRushDaShow]

19. I know I wouldn't want to be anywhere near

your part of the world the next couple weeks.

I am still predicting some kind of "Alt-Inauguration" shindig or similar.

Good afternoon and happily posting from 150 miles away.

[surfered]

20. Proud Boys mad at the Harrington for canceling

Why aren't the Proud Boys staying at the Trump International?

[maxrandb]

21. There needs to be a shit ton more of this

I understand that it's not the hotels fault, but businesses...ALL OF THEM...need to understand that even a casual, remote connection to these fucking Retrumplican Nazis will be seen as a fucking hepatitis outbreak at a buffet.

These fucking seditious pricks should have NO PLACE to hang their hats.

If I see a Prick Boy at a fucking ice cream stand, either that ice cream stand refuses him service, or they endorse his actions and beliefs.

The ONLY thing this country understands anymore is profit. The ONLY way to choke off this seditious Retrumplicanism is to make it not profitable.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

22. You can dress them up but you can't take them out

An asshole will always be an asshole in public. In this case you have a whole herd of them.

[tonekat]

23. Well then, they could find alternate accomodations...

...at the YMCA!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

24. I can think of a few cheap motels in Arlington where the PB might end up staying.

Nothing else offers the downtown convenience and low price of the Harrington, though.

As long as there are school groups, the Harrington will survive.

[Blue Owl]

25. We'll leave the light off for ya, dickweeds