Only the person that bought the ticket to the show can go to the show. *VIP Tickets are non-transferable. Purchaser must be in attendance*
You can't have bought a meet and greet ticket to one of her book shows and not provide id it is you in using the ticket to get in.
Could be for security reasons; could be to prevent scalpers from "dynamic pricing" her tickets. Who knows. I wouldn't go if it were across the street from me. Nothing political. I wouldn't go if it were W. or Trump either. If I am going to pay to go hear someone blab, it has to be something super weird and interesting they would be talking about. I would rather pay to hear the woman who cleans the WH residence for 30 years talk than any of the residents.