ROUGHLY 100 LANDMARKS, including the KENNEDY CENTER, the WHITE HOUSE and SMITHSONIANS on the National Mall, were lit in purple and gold Wednesday night as part of the “Forward into Light” campaign organized by the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
ONE BUILDING NOT PARTICIPATING: The U.S. CAPITOL. Organizers had approached Speaker NANCY PELOSI and Senate Majority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL to have the Capitol complex participate in the effort. Pelosi immediately signaled her support. A Pelosi spokesman said “the speaker is deeply disappointed the U.S. Capitol building is not participating in this historic event.” A McConnell spokesman declined to discuss senior staff-level discussions.
Since the congress doesn’t usually participate in “causes” McConnell said he didn’t want to break precedent.
But holding the Republican Convention in the White House is perfectly fine.
By the way, you would have thought the Republicans celebrating their greatness in DC might have made something of this. But as far as I know, they didn’t.