What it would stop, specifically, would be the checkpoints being so close to the event itself. The distance from the White House entrance to anything is rather large, compared to the 200 feet or so from anywhere inside a hotel to anywhere else inside a hotel.
Beyond that, no major differences. Person would rush one security gate, blast a bulletproof vest, get taken down. But it might not interrupt their dinner, since it would be much farther away. And interrupting the dinner of the elites is really the greatest tragedy of them all.
What it would stop, specifically, would be the checkpoints being so close to the event itself. The distance from the White House entrance to anything is rather large, compared to the 200 feet or so from anywhere inside a hotel to anywhere else inside a hotel.
Beyond that, no major differences. Person would rush one security gate, blast a bulletproof vest, get taken down. But it might not interrupt their dinner, since it would be much farther away. And interrupting the dinner of the elites is really the greatest tragedy of them all.