Washington D.C. Turned Into "Virtual Fortress" As 250,000 Protesters Descend Upon The City

Zero Hedge ^ | 01/19/2017

[COBOL2Java]

so actually how close are they going to allow these people to where Trump is?

Unless the protesters have color-coded tickets, they won't get very close...

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Inauguration ceremony

Many people will flock to the National Mall to watch the ceremony, but a lucky 250,000 people who scored one of the color-coded tickets, will get a closer view from the Capitol grounds.

The ceremony starts at 11:30 a.m. with the official swearing-in set for noon Friday.

There are six different security screening gates corresponding with attendees’ color-coded tickets and they open at 6 a.m. on Inauguration Day. The screening areas are situated near Metro stations. Organizers are telling ticket holders to be prepared for long lines and crowds, and to dress for the weather.

[hal ogen]

That’s 250,000 heads that need a hickory shampoo if they break any law.

[KC_Conspirator]

There will not be anywhere near as many protesters as they claim to be.

[COBOL2Java]

GW Hospital is not where that map says it is.

Heh! Good eye. That's an old map. That's where it was when Reagan was rushed there after Hinkley shot him. Now it's on the other side of 23rd.

FWIW, my daughter went there for her BSN. I went to GWU for my M.Ed. degree many moons ago.

[eastforker]

No umbrellas and it is supposed to storm Friday.

[COBOL2Java]

No umbrellas and it is supposed to storm Friday.

That was modified slightly.

[Uncle Sam 911]

Racketeering and conspiracy are federal crimes. Jeff Sessions will enforce the law.

[wbill]

Remember, when media covers liberal demonstrations...
One guy on a street corner, hollering at cars = “A Handful”.

Two or Three guys, maybe with a poster or two = “Dozens”

Dozen or so people on the steps of a public building = “Hundreds”

Couple of busloads of union goons on a free day off, and a celebrity to talk down to them = “Thousands”

BUT...

250,000 Tea Partiers show up on the Wash DC Mall = “Crickets”

[Faith65]

Thanks!

[Faith65]

Even better- thanks!

[stars & stripes forever]

Are the PROTESTERS going to be in close proximity to BIKERS FOR TRUMP?

Bikers for Trump Arrive at Washington D C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5AqTFv0GMU

[TribalPrincess2U]

Uh-huh

[TribalPrincess2U]

Wouldn’t doubt that some crazy(s) have been ‘hired’ like those of ‘’shootings’. Where did those living shooters go?

Someone has invested a lot of money to get 250,000 idiots to do this.

[TribalPrincess2U]

I’d bet 99°% don’t have a clue as to what they’re there for.

Just another ‘Party Time’ event.

[Pelham]

And then there's drones. A drone that can carry a camera can also carry and fire a gun, as one youtuber demonstrated last year. And I'm sure that an explosive is another possibility.

Technology available to virtually anyone has to be creating a nightmare for security. I'm wondering if open air inauguration ceremonies aren't something whose time has passed.

[TalonDJ]

So you are saying there are free rides to the inauguration? nice!

[snarkytart]

You’ve got that right I’ll be damned it’ll be two hundred fifty thousand protesters that are going to show. And they’re saying 900,000 people in total including 250,000 protesters so that means Trump supporters who are there to see the inauguration only going to be six hundred fifty thousand people? Yeah sure.

[tomkat]

Ad pimping link.

[snarkytart]

where are the pics? more like a dozen idiots showed and three dozen media. NOWAY it was “hundreds” , just like Sharptons rally that was supposed to be 25K turned out to be two or three hundred at most. And just as much media. Laughable.

There isn’t going to be 250K protestors.

[mumblypeg]

IDK how many bussed in protestors, but locals all over the city will certainly seize opportunities for wilding, knockout games, etc., so opsec and head-swivel everywhere, not just in the vicinity of the festivities.