Posted on 11/03/2020 3:36:49 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
One psychologist referred to what he's seeing as a pervasive "sense of dread and isolation."
WASHINGTON - - The White House has been fortified, the National Guard has been called out, and gun sales are surging.
On the eve of a momentous election, a deeply divided nation is on the edge as it plunges deeper into a pandemic and unemployment rages. The country holds its breath in anticipation of what some fear could be a potential breakdown of law and order or democracy depending on what happens Tuesday.
Downtown Washington felt like a city preparing for a siege Monday as the normally bustling streets of the capital were turned into a plywood ghost town of boarded-up storefronts and windswept sidewalks.
"We do not advise parking or driving downtown," Mayor Muriel Bowser said at a news conference last week.
Empty tour buses trundled by. Necklaces had been removed from the displays of jewelry store windows. And racks of T-shirts supporting either President Donald Trump or Joe Biden sat unsold.
Alex Quintero, who was working to board up an office building, said that in his 30 years in construction in the Washington area, he had never seen so much plywood on downtown facades. "Sometimes we have a problem finding it in the stores," he said. "There's a lot of work to do."
And it's not just Washington. The top-rising election-related Google search term Monday was "cities boarding up for election," while "election day riots" was also in the top 10.
Laurie Paul, a psychologist who practices in the Washington area, said she has seen a major rise in anxiety around the election and strained relationships in politically mixed families.
"Big time," she said. "They've talked about how they're feeling jittery or anxious and how it's hard to concentrate on work."
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Are you "unbelievably stressed out" about Election Day?
This headline seems like it was written by a 16 year old.
Only because I have suspicions about election chicanery, not about the pols which have votes coming in today.
Probably was!
And why do you think that is, NBC? You’ve done a hell of a job.
Yeah, thanks to these a-holes and their Communist masters.
“...breakdown of law and order or democracy depending on what happens Tuesday”
No bias there, huh?
They are saying that if Trump wins, it’s not considered legit (democrat process) and ONLY a Biden win will prevent breakdown of law and order.
I hate the left. Utterly hate them.
I’m glad to be already divorced.
I’m not stressed out but I’m ready for it to be over.
Yeah, b/c of vote fraud, intimidation at the polls, and the fact that we have so many stupid people voting that it is so close.
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers.
No, I disagree...if anyone in this country is stressed out, its the Left/Far Left......
And NBC needs to stop asserting sh*t on behalf of this country cause they certainly do NOT speak for many millions in this country, kkthx.
I’m not stressed out.
I am PI$$ED.
If so, the media, Antifa, BLM & the democRATS are cause!
Last time this happened: Early 1861.
No. Excited about voting for Trump.
No stress at all.
Breakdown of law and order has already happened and we know who has supported it
And why do you think that is, NBC? You’ve done a hell of a job.
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Ding, ding!
“Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, said last week that it was pulling guns and ammunition from its shelves, but it reversed the decision Friday, saying it expected any unrest to be geographically isolated.”
The reason Walmart reversed its decision (follow the money) is that they knew they stood to make mega bucks in gun sales leading up to Election Day. Middle Americans are arming themselves in droves, because of the inevitable riots/protests that are imminent, and for the potential coming of CWII.
Has nothing to do with nonstop lying by the MSNDC crowd.
We made it 8 years with Obama. Reps will survive no matter what. It would however be much easier with Trump:)
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