Now that aides have told CNN that both Bill and Hillary Clinton will be attending Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony, Joan Walsh, national affairs correspondent for The Nation, has a style suggestion for this national affair.
If @hillaryclinton must attend the inauguration, I recommend she wear a big, warm Russian hat and swig from a bottle of Stolichnaya
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) January 3, 2017
That’s not a bad idea at all; a designer pantsuit might be salvageable if she spilled straight vodka on it rather than, say, red wine. Maybe it’s sexist to wonder what the Democratic nominee plans to wear, but the media has warned that the election has managed to upset the fashion industry, which faces the danger of being “marginalized — reduced to mere decoration — in a Trump administration.”
So, maybe one of the designers who has publicly refused to dress Melania Trump will step forward with an inauguration special, or perhaps Clinton will go with one of these.
I'd ❤️ to see her in Aretha Franklin-style hat, giant fur coat, & toting a lapdog. Stealing press from Trump!
— CHRISTINE HARTMAN (@charnesshartman) January 3, 2017
Something like this. pic.twitter.com/XZEpAM9Qip
— CHRISTINE HARTMAN (@charnesshartman) January 3, 2017
Or come as a Rockette, after all they're both New Yorkers!
— Deirdre Flanagan (@DeirdreFlanagan) January 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/DanSWright/status/816376275941998595
There’s always the “popular vote” option — it won’t win you the White House, but the bragging rights are forever.
I think she should wear this. pic.twitter.com/2g7PjiUPpW
— Glenn Harmon (@gharmon414) January 3, 2017
while wearing a t-shirt that says
Clinton 65,844,954 (48.2%)
Trump 62,979,879 (46.1%)
SAD!— Terry Roy (@tmroy) January 3, 2017
I'd like to see her wear a jacket with 2,864,974 crystals on it. (Tho Russian hat/Stolichnaya would make a great SNL skit.)
— Old Lady Dem (@oldladydem) January 3, 2017
Or wear black to mourn our Democracy.
— Angela (@msamorales) January 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/ShazzaUS/status/816376416287670272
Oh, and wear a flag pin, a great huge flag pin. @HillaryClinton
— Sandearl persists (@sandearl) January 3, 2017
i actually think Hillary should just wear whatever she wore to Donald Trump's wedding to the inauguration.
— Katie Halper (@kthalps) January 3, 2017
Wear this coat to the Inauguration, Hillary. pic.twitter.com/clrHvmLeSG
— Zanti Misfit (@ZantiMisft) January 3, 2017
HRC could go w/ @TeenVogue approved wardrobe & hip flask of cognac. She writes witty sarcastic account for @NewYorker pic.twitter.com/Xn6CLMGB2I
— Boho Lady Edith (@BohoLadyEdith) January 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/MikeAsh1453/status/816375901592035332
I recommend the Stoly whether she goes or not.
— Chip Collis (@daChipster) January 3, 2017
"Congrat.. (hiccup) U Lashions Mister president" pic.twitter.com/cjSqyu6jyT
— Ben Harris (@Real_BenHarris) January 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/Gwennie_G/status/816378792423739393
Believe it or not, some people would rather see her not attend, although they didn’t want her to concede, either.
Does she have to go????? What a flipping insult to her! And US!
— ThereseD1012 (@ThereseD1012) January 3, 2017
Joan, can you pass along a message to one of HRC's advisors that her supporters urge her not to attend?
— Tony (@ABswl16) January 3, 2017
going to inauguration is capitulation that must stop. HRC should be leading protests
— craig farmer (@newliberals) January 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/ArnoldAdrienne/status/816375107455221760
Personally I'd go in same position just to support Obama. Tough day for him. Not like they have to be all smiles.
— ??Joanne ?? (@JoanneCangal) January 3, 2017
I will have the tv off reading the new Nicholas Sparks book. I refuse to watch that spectacle.
— Joan Petell (@JoPetell) January 3, 2017
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