{"id":294929,"date":"2018-12-18T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T21:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=294929"},"modified":"2022-01-03T10:03:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T15:03:01","slug":"check-out-rushs-white-house-christmas-party-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2018\/12\/18\/check-out-rushs-white-house-christmas-party-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"My Photos of the White House Christmas Decorations"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: I was at the White House for a Christmas reception, and (chuckles) I got an email, “Rush, I thought they canceled the media party.” They did. “Well, then what were you doing there?” I\u2019m not the media that was canceled. Anyway, I took some pictures.<\/p>\n

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I didn\u2019t have much free time. But I stole away from people, and I whipped out my iPhone XS Max — which has one of the greatest smartphone cameras made in the world today — and I snapped some pictures of the decorations.<\/p>\n

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My first White House Christmas party of any was during the George Bush 41 administration, George H. W. Bush. I was so dazzled by it. I mean, the entire first floor last night was open. Every room was decorated for Christmas, some slightly differently.<\/p>\n

The East Room and the State Dining Room were used for buffets and in the hallways were wide open and they had various orchestras, four- and five-piece orchestras playing Christmas music.<\/p>\n

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And it was teeming with people.<\/p>\n

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I stole away and I took some photos. I was dazzled by the decorations the first time, and most people will never get in there at one of these parties.<\/p>\n

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So I took some pictures of the library and some of the primary rooms that were decorated, and they\u2019re up at RushLimbaugh.com.<\/p>\n

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Then I had a little conversation with President Trump and first lady, Melania Trump, and Donald Trump Jr. Somebody took a picture of that. That\u2019s not permitted. Somebody took a picture of it. It\u2019s on social media.<\/p>\n

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I went ahead and sent it to my website, too, since it\u2019s out there.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: I\u2019ll tell you, I\u2019m draggin\u2019 a little here, folks. I had a busy day yesterday. I got wheels up for Washington at 12:30, which is why I couldn\u2019t do the program yesterday. I had to be up there by 3, 3:30. I drove into the West Wing at about… What time was it, 3:30? Yeah. The Christmas bash started at 4. I spent some time with Vice President Pence in his office and then said hello to a lot of people in the communications shop in the West Wing. I met Mercedes Schlapp, the wife of Matt Schlapp. They run CPAC.<\/p>\n

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She\u2019s now working as communications director at the White House. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Sean Spicer was even in there. I said, “I thought you resigned.” He said, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, but I can\u2019t take myself away.” So it was on to the reception, Christmas party. Again, pictures…<\/p>\n

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I tried to take some pictures of the decorations, and I should have told you. There are people in these photos, but that\u2019s not the… There\u2019s no hidden things to see there.<\/p>\n

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The purpose of taking the pictures was the decorations. I really… They do it so well. The first time I saw it, I was dazzled and blown away. When you have the staff and the time and the money, you obviously can do it right, and every square inch of that place is decked out just perfectly, flawlessly for Christmas, and they opened the entire first floor of the White House, all of the rooms and the hallways. And it was teeming with people.<\/p>\n

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So I would sneak away from people, and I took some pictures, and I didn\u2019t get nearly all of it, folks. It was not possible. I would have had to have been rude to people and say, “Look, I really don\u2019t need to talk, I have to take some pictures for people.” I couldn\u2019t do that. So I had to sneak away and run into corners of rooms to take the pictures, and even then in the middle of that, it\u2019d be, “Would you kindly pose for…?” Everybody was nice.<\/p>\n

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But I got as many pictures as I could and we\u2019ve posted them at RushLimbaugh.com. I really wish everybody could see these; so that\u2019s why I did it. From there I went to Boston, a family situation in Boston I want to spend some time with.<\/p>\n

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I ended up rolling in last night about 3:30. And so I\u2019m starting to feel it, starting to… But you wouldn\u2019t know it if I hadn\u2019t told you. I told you not because I am eliciting sympathy. I don\u2019t know why I told you. I just did. But that was the day yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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