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Mar-a-Lago's new winter season: The Red Cross Ball is out, the Trumpettes are in
This is not really LBN-worthy, so it goes here.
Mar-a-Lago’s new winter season: The Red Cross Ball is out, the Trumpettes are in
By David A. Fahrenthold, Lori Rozsa and Drew Harwell November 18 at 4:00 PM
In years past, the Mar-a-Lago Club’s White and Gold Ballroom hosted some of the finest events of Palm Beach’s gilded winter season. $750-a-plate charity luncheons. Quartets playing Mozart. Ambassadors in white tie and tails at the Red Cross Ball.
In years past.
Last week — as a new season began at the private club in Florida owned by President Trump — a speaker on the ballroom stage was talking up far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. ... “I’m watching Alex Jones non-stop!” Joy Villa said, according to a video she posted of the event.
Villa — a pro-Trump Internet celebrity — was speaking to a group of Young Republicans. “We are populist. We are nationalist,” she said, as waiters served brunch. “We put America first and we’re not afraid!”
....
Fahrenthold and Harwell reported from Washington and Rozsa reported from Palm Beach, Fla. Zane Anthony and Kathryn Sanders in Washington contributed to this report.
David A. Fahrenthold is a reporter covering the Trump family and their business interests. He has been at the Post since 2000, and previously covered Congress, the federal bureaucracy, the environment, and the D.C. police.
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Lori Rozsa is a freelance reporter and frequent contributor to The Washington Post.
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Drew Harwell is a national business reporter at The Washington Post.
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By David A. Fahrenthold, Lori Rozsa and Drew Harwell November 18 at 4:00 PM
In years past, the Mar-a-Lago Club’s White and Gold Ballroom hosted some of the finest events of Palm Beach’s gilded winter season. $750-a-plate charity luncheons. Quartets playing Mozart. Ambassadors in white tie and tails at the Red Cross Ball.
In years past.
Last week — as a new season began at the private club in Florida owned by President Trump — a speaker on the ballroom stage was talking up far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. ... “I’m watching Alex Jones non-stop!” Joy Villa said, according to a video she posted of the event.
Villa — a pro-Trump Internet celebrity — was speaking to a group of Young Republicans. “We are populist. We are nationalist,” she said, as waiters served brunch. “We put America first and we’re not afraid!”
....
Fahrenthold and Harwell reported from Washington and Rozsa reported from Palm Beach, Fla. Zane Anthony and Kathryn Sanders in Washington contributed to this report.
David A. Fahrenthold is a reporter covering the Trump family and their business interests. He has been at the Post since 2000, and previously covered Congress, the federal bureaucracy, the environment, and the D.C. police.
Follow @Fahrenthold
Lori Rozsa is a freelance reporter and frequent contributor to The Washington Post.
Follow @lori_rozsa
Drew Harwell is a national business reporter at The Washington Post.
Follow @drewharwell
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