So back during COVID when restaurants complained, that was enough pressure to justify jeopardizing the entire health of the planet to allow them to re-open. I was told that economic activity was worth the death and destruction and suffering.

So that means these same people are going to be calling for an end to this military occupation, right?

The fact that restaurants were that much busier before all this directly contradicts any claims of rampant crime necessitating a federal takeover. People aren't out spending DC restaurant levels of money if they might get shot or disappeared, but before they were just fine doing so.

We were going to take our niece up there this weekend. Not anymore. Headed to Philly.

This is where Trump finds out the real reason that he couldn't get a reservation at any of the DC area restruants.

Yeah, when meals cost twice as much.. we don't want to pay for that shit

I thought they were already seeing a sharp drop due to all of the firings