Photo courtesy of the National Press Club.

The Clarendon Ballroom was left “surprised, shaken, and scared” by threatening messages the Virginia establishment received after declining to host a pro-Trump “Deploraball” party.

But in the eyes of the party’s organizers, which include prominent white nationalists, they’re the ones who have been wronged.

“In 2016, Americans in favor of competent, America-first leadership were insulted, harassed, and assaulted for holding views contrary to those of the bicoastal, bipartisan ‘elites,'” the Deploraball website states. “Despite overwhelming cultural opposition, a groundswell of Americans rose up together to embrace these labels (especially ‘Deplorables’) to meme our way to the Whitehouse [sic] and elect Donald Trump.”

The inauguration celebration will take place on January 19 at the National Press Club, which organizers tweeted “has been very professional and easy to work with so far.”

Tickets for the Deploraball—”the biggest meme party you’ve ever seen”—are already sold out. According to the event’s Twitter account, 1,000 tickets were sold.

In addition to the D.C. event, the idea is for other Deploraballs to pop up around the country to celebrate the “happy warriors who, without byline or book contract, advanced liberty across the country and the world via blogs, social media, guerrilla art, music, video, and good old-fashioned hard work.”

One of the organizers is Mike Cernovich, who is doing his best to turn Pizzagate into a verb.

“The National Press Club will be the venue for a private, client-paid inaugural ball for supporters of President-elect Donald Trump—as we have for incoming presidents of both parties for decades,” NPC President Thomas Burr said in a statement. “This is not an event sponsored or endorsed by the National Press Club.”

“Anybody can book an event at the press club. We don’t have anything to do with the event. We’re just the venue,” NPC event booker Patty Powers told DCist last fall, in regards to the National Policy Institute, a white nationalist group, holding its conference there.

This September, though, NPC declined to host an NPI event amid security concerns. When that organization gathered in D.C. following the election, it celebrated with Nazi salutes and held its conference at the Ronald Reagan Building.

Updated with a statement from NPC President Thomas Burr.