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(BBC)
Democrats are celebrating in the nation’s capital on Wednesday, but many of the president’s supporters are avoiding the place. Protests against the new president, Joe Biden, have been cancelled.
One of the events, a rally organised by a group, Public Advocate, was called off “due to current emergency in place January 20”, according to its website. Leaders of other pro-Trump groups say they are not going to the city. No-one will be there, one of them tells me, “except members of Congress and Biden staff – and 60,000 National Guard!”
The number of National Guard members will be closer to 25,000, but his point was clear. Washington will be a chilly place for the ultraconservatives who admire Trump.
The city’s lockdown, a massive effort to prevent violence, means many of the president’s fans will stay home. Some will no doubt make their way here. But many others say they are instead focusing their efforts on future rallies, at times and places to be determined.