All Aboard for Election 2020
Retailers across the US are boarding up their stores in anticipation of post-election leftist riots.
Retailers across the US are boarding up their stores in anticipation of post-election leftist riots:
In Washington D.C., hair salons, restaurants, clothing stores, and banks just blocks away from the White House were covered in plywood Sunday …
Stores in the Bronx boarding up ahead of Election Day. @CBSNewYork pic.twitter.com/Qyekoj5W0Q
— Ali Bauman (@AliBaumanTV) November 2, 2020
In an email sent to students last week, George Washington University suggested stockpiling frozen meals, medication and other supplies before Nov. 3 to prepare “for the Election Day period as you would for a hurricane or a snowstorm that would prevent you from going outside for several days ..."
A representative with the Downtown DC Business Improvement District told the Washingtonian that several prominent businesses plan to close on Election Day or for at least the entire week.
I observed similar precautions in Brooklyn as Hurricane Sandy approached in 2012. It’s not an inexpensive process, but it’s cheaper than the alternative. (By the way, hurricanes are great fun if you don’t get killed.)
They’re taking no chances in Los Angeles:
The crews arrived on Rodeo Drive at 6 a.m. Monday with a singular task: To board up every one of the roughly 70 posh boutiques and high-end properties lining the upscale Beverly Hills strip.
They planned to work until midnight and barricade Rodeo Drive to vehicles and pedestrians for two days, all in anticipation of Election Day.
A lot of boarding up in Washington, DC ahead of the election pic.twitter.com/tWyrq8EnQu
— Larry Madowo (@LarryMadowo) November 1, 2020
“Ferragamo is boarded up, Prada is boarded up, Dolce & Gabbana is boarded up,” said Kathy Gohari, vice president of the Rodeo Drive Committee. “Rodeo Drive is among the most desirable streets in the world, which means we’re one of the biggest targets.”
It’s all Donald Trump’s fault, obviously:
This is what Trump & Republicans have done to America’s democracy:
— Rula Jebreal (@rulajebreal) November 2, 2020
Citizens are terrorized; shops are boarded up, in fear of riots; armed right-wing terrorists determined to intimidate voters; conservative judges & state legislators lined up to suppress & disenfranchise voters. https://t.co/7y5UmvEIF4
UPDATE. Good question:
Trying to remember if any business owner anywhere in the country had to board up their windows in 2008 or 2012 for fear that Republicans would be upset about an Obama victory?
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) November 2, 2020