Have to wonder whether this is the case. Let’s state things as nicely as possible: the Joint Congressional Committe on Inaugural Ceremonies did not take adequate steps to guide people and ensure that people with tickets would actually be able to see the event. Thousands (more likely 10,000s) failed to get in, even after hours in line in below-freezing weather, without any information being provided to them nor toilets nor … But, look on the bright side:
“Apparently we just could not get them all screened in time, and so we were a bit overwhelmed by the numbers,” Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance Gainer said. Between 4,000 and 5,000 people “were discombobulated,” he said. “There were another 236,000 who were very happy with the service.”
Putting aside the likely questionable figures (after all, the original claim from the Capitol Police was that no ticket holders failed to make it inside the reserved section), what was the reason for the problems according to Gainer?
Part of the problem, Gainer said, was that people wearing bulky winter clothing took up more space than officials had expected.
Yes, according to Gainer, it seems that Washington, DC, isn’t suffering from enough global warming.