A Stark Contrast to April
Despite these concerns, the reporter acknowledged that security had improved considerably compared to the April dinner at the Washington Hilton, where access was described as alarmingly easy. At that earlier event, all it reportedly took to get in was flashing a small cardstock ticket, no bigger than an index card, which the reporter says still sits on their bookshelf as a reminder of how little stood between guests and the country’s political elite that night.