As a local born and raised out here, a reporter that spends most of her time in DC and a person in D.C. 24 hours ago: this is not how D.C. has felt to me.
Factually I should point out as well: The city has not been "destroyed by protesters." I stood in a socially distanced line outside for an hour on Thursday night by the MLK Jr. library to get press badges for the March on Washington. Besides the heat, otherwise a nice night.
I saw some new ply boards erected on a few store windows on Thursday night ahead of Friday's committment march. Mainly that was for high end fashion brands (I.e. watched them board up Ferragamo the other day and noticed Tiffany's still remained uncovered)
DC otherwise is:
- Hot
- Humid
- Devoid of a good football team (Go Eagles)
In all seriousness, DC is fine. And if anyone thinks I am saying this out of "fear" or potential "reprisal" - I am not. I am tweeting this because my eyes and ears tell me something different and I'd like for people to know that.
Please enjoy your Sunday folks.
And before anyone jumps in because this is Twitter and we have to spell *everything* out painstakingly: by DC is fine, I mean my city is not a boarded up Wild West shantytown. Physically it is fine. Now go support your local journalists.
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