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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lydia Chantler-Hicks

National Guard on standby and shops boarded up as Washington DC braces for US election unrest

National Guard troops are on standby and businesses have been boarded up in Washington DC in case unrest breaks out in the aftermath of the presidential election.

As millions of Americans prepared to cast their votes on Tuesday, there were widespread concerns the US could see a repeat of the violence that followed Trump’s 2020 election defeat, when rioters stormed the US Capitol.

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