, storefront businesses across the country are girding for a potential wave of social unrest related to the election.in May, told NBC News that it is boarding up stores, closing early and hiring overnight security guards in certain locations.
in the event he loses to former Vice President Joe Biden. In a Friday tweet, Trump suggested that the only way Biden could become president would be if the Supreme Court intervened to"make such a ridiculous win possible." While there is no total dollar figure yet available for the damage from this year’s protests against police violence, it could rank as the second-costliest civil disorder in the U.S., according to Loretta Worters, a spokesperson for the Insurance Information Institute. The Rodney King riots in Los Angeles in 1992 are the costliest, at $775 million, or $1.4 billion in 2020 dollars.
Within the last two weeks of October, roughly 310 businesses submitted work orders for preventative boarding up and dozens of businesses requested additional security guards for Election Day, according to ServiceChannel, a software company that connects real estate businesses to local commercial contractors. From May to July, the company saw about $20.4 million in invoices for work orders related to civil unrest, it said.
Some companies have gone through crisis simulations with executive teams to prepare for potential security issues.
When a Super Bowl winner is determined, fans will be vocal, some with glee others with anger but usually things get broken. Next week's Super Bowl won't be determined at the end of regulation but a series of overtimes played over time, perhaps a week or more. Have enough beer?
So sad that we have not been able to have a safe election since 2016. What the hell happened to us? Why social unrest while we need to make America great again. Not then but now. Don't act ignorant. If unhappy than start working on what can be. God Bless America.
The horror. The horror.
Republicans -- win or lose -- don't do what the Democrats are doing. Arm up if you must to protect yourselves but stay low and do not confront. If they wish to destroy our cities, let them. When they have nothing left, they'll remain with nothing. In the end they lose, you don't.
Trump has divided the country. All Americans were warned that he was unfit and emboldened the worst in humanity.
The only rioting that will happen will occur if Trump wins. This idea that Trump supporters riot is nonsense. We are working, we are busy with family.
Just let the Magats try anything! They'll be out numbered by the rest if us dancing in the street when their cult leader goes down in flames! VOTE BIDEN 💙
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