WaPo Gridlock: Street closures planned Saturday in downtown Washington for pro-Trump rallies

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Hat tip, Joe.My.God.

Gridlock

Street closures planned Saturday in downtown Washington for pro-Trump rallies

By Dana Hedgpeth
Dec. 9, 2020 at 7:56 a.m. EST

D.C. police announced this week they will close streets in parts of downtown Washington on Saturday amid planned demonstrations in support of President Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the election.

The street closures will go into effect about 6 a.m. Saturday and will be enforced through the end of the day, police said. Parking will be prohibited along some nearby streets. Police warned some streets might also be closed at times on Friday.

The first rally is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. at the Capitol. The largest is expected to begin at noon at Freedom Plaza, led by a group called Women for America First. A permit application filed with the National Park Service indicates organizers expect about 5,000 attendees.

The rallies in support of Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the election he lost to President-elect Joe Biden come two days before the electoral college will meet and vote in state capitals across the nation.

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Dana Hedgpeth
Dana Hedgpeth is a Washington Post reporter, working in the early morning to report on traffic, crime and other local issues. She joined The Post in 1999. Follow https://twitter.com/postmetrogirl

[magicarpet]

1. Oh God,...

.... can't the Emperor of trDumpville just go down to Mara Lago early for Xmas and have his Nazi Rallies down there ?

[soothsayer]

2. I'm with you. I hate having him here.

[elleng]

3. Watch for rain showers,

forecast for Sat. and Sun. mornings in southern MD.

[RKP5637]

4. Trump, please just go back to NY or Florida, maybe some other country. North Korea, maybe! n/t

[2naSalit]

5. I hope there's a blizzard.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. NEW: Park Service issued permits for pro-Trump rallies in DC on Sat. One expects 15,000 protesters.

Springtime for Hitler: the weather's supposed to be pretty nice on Saturday.

Ford Fischer Retweeted

NEW: The Park Service issued permits for pro-Trump rallies in #DC on Sat. One, organized by the Women for America First group behind last month’s rally, will gather in Freedom Plaza & expects 15,000 protesters. The other, smaller one near the Washington Monument estimates 500.

The Freedom Plaza demonstration — the “March for Trump” —will again include a march to the Supreme Court and a “group YMCA” performance. Among the list of speakers: recently pardoned Gen. Michael Flynn.

The other rally, according to this permit, will be focused on election integrity and 2nd Amendment rights. It’s being organized by Alex Stovall, a field organizer for the Trump Victory Campaign, and will bring about 500 people to the Sylvan Theater, near the Washington Monument.

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. H Street is closed along the north end of Lafayette park. Activists are staffing round-the-clock ...

It may be moot now that SCOTUS has turned down the Texas lawsuit. I'll stay off the Metro till virus calms down, have a couple of things to film alone in rural places now anyway.

H Street is closed along the north end of Lafayette park. Activists are staffing a round-the-clock vigil along the perimeter stocked with coffee, snacks and a sound system playing go-go. Groups with Trump merch have been walking through but haven’t stuck around long.

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. Look who may be at the White House:

Look who may be at the White House:

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In exactly the same place on the White House front step where Eisenhower stood to greet JFK sixty years ago this week:

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. Trump Supporters Gather In DC for "March For Trump"

Trump Supporters Gather In DC for “March For Trump”

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