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One thing people aren't talking about is the insane security perimeter they have which bans basically everything other than a cell phone. No backpacks, cameras, laptops, "pointy umbrellas," hard water bottles, etc. Its made it basically impossible for a normal tourist to bring in normal tourist kit. And obviously no locals want anything to do with this.
No other event in DC does this. Street fairs, events on the mall, parades - none of them have this kind of security. It's very clearly a bunch of oddly paranoid fascists buying their own conspiracies about Antifa vandals or whatever.