Cities Across U.S. Boarding Up in Anticipation of Election Night Riots

From New York and DC to Los Angeles and San Francisco, businesses in American cities are boarding up their windows in advance of election-night returns.

with the boarding up of businesses located near the White House spread to other major cities across the nation.

Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 30, 2020.

Luxury shops in DC are boarding up in anticipation of the election.

Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 29, 2020.

At the opposite end of the country, Fox LA’s Bill Melugin observed businesses in downtown LA, Beverly Hills, and Santa Monica boarding their windows as well.

Driving through downtown LA…so many businesses boarded up & in the process of boarding up.

In case it gets ugly on election day, businesses are boarding up around the Prudential Center in Boston.

Not just local businesses in downtown core are boarding up

And, down the coast in already riot-torn Portland, Oregon, many other businesses are boarded up in preparation “for any scenario in the wake of Tuesday’s #USElection,” GlobalBC journalist Sarah MacDonald tweeted

Good morning from an eerily quiet #Portland, Oregon—one of the major American cities preparing for any scenario in the wake of Tuesday’s #USElection