I was running errands the morning of January 6, 2021. On the way, I passed a few people in red MAGA hats who were clearly visiting the DC area. It's pretty normal to see tourists in this part of town escaping the nearby hotel's continental breakfast to find something warmer and greasier at a legendary diner a few minutes' walk away. (Once, in the Before Times, I took a shared Uber that picked up MAGA-hatted guests from that hotel when I was on my way to the State Department. It was an awkward 10 minutes.) This all-male group of five laughed and hollered in their jeans and work boots and sweatshirts as they ambled up the street. One wore a long brown trench coat. It was clear they would be heading downtown to the Ellipse to President Trump's speech after they ate. I messaged my husband and a few colleagues who, like me, had worried about the potential for election-related violence since the nauseating September presidential debate when Trump had told the far-right Proud Boys to "stand by" and instructed his supporters to "watch very carefully" for signs of fraud at polling stations.
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