We’re just a day away from the election, and Vox’s Matt Yglesias spotted evidence that many are preparing for unrest:
A ton of the landlords in downtown DC (plus the Walgreens by my house) are anticipating post-election violence and preemptively boarded up their windows this weekend. It’s awfully ominous.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 2, 2020
Yglesias then tried to get would-be rioters to direct their rage at a different place if Trump wins the election (which of course will translate to “he stole it”):
At any rate, if Trump ends up stealing the election in a way that makes you want to smash windows I would suggest his luxury hotel rather than random office buildings or the Walgreens.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 2, 2020
How about maybe calling for no destruction at all? Probably too much to ask:
Encouraging violence and destruction of property owned by the President of the United States. Got it. https://t.co/VtYMhuLbZV
— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) November 2, 2020
Someone who doesn’t realize he’s part of the problem —> https://t.co/qarSubeJmv
— The H2 (@TheH2) November 2, 2020
You are the problem saying things like this. https://t.co/bhEqDiTWrn
— peach (@thatGApeach) November 2, 2020
"Rioting is cool as long as it's not my neighborhood." https://t.co/MLeTdk7Zee
— Bro Jiden (@Phlebatomic) November 2, 2020
I love the smell of panic in the morning.
— Blue State Snooze (@BlueSnoozeBlue) November 2, 2020
So many Democrats don’t seem to be very confident that Biden’s going to cruise to victory, as some of the polls they like to cite suggest.
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Excuse me?
Do you see what you're doing?
1) Fomenting anger with suggestion of "steal"
2) DIRECTING violent acts by Joe/Kamala's supporter toward private property.Think about it what you are doing, Matt.
Then delete this. #MomAdvice— Sandy 〽️ (@RightGlockMom) November 2, 2020
This seems to violate twitters TOS but what do I know. https://t.co/Q6lP5p2Zpm
— NevilleTheCat (@FearTheFloof) November 2, 2020
What about your house, if that’s so cool? Are you ok with that? Or are some properties in the barnyard more equal than others?
— Work The Trade (@WorkTheTrade1) November 2, 2020
Condones and encourages violence. @TwitterSafety doesn’t do anything! https://t.co/oApfo0Kwb6
— C’mon man. You can’t make this crap up. (@cantpretendtoo) November 2, 2020
You think rioters have a rationale, that’s cute
— Nathan Horuskii (@horuskii) November 2, 2020
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