The barrier around the White House is actually making me cry

[Recursion]

I've spent most of my adult life in DC. I don't know if I can describe accurately how much this breaks my heart.

As a Washingtonian, this is absolutely a punch to the gut. This is the American people's house, in the American people's city. America, please end this. Tonight.

THIS IS NOT WHAT THIS HOUSE OR THIS CITY STAND FOR.

[soothsayer]

1. I look at it this way: it will protect Joe for awhile

Until it’s safe to tear it down

[lagomorph777]

2. This will make the siege easier to enforce.

Once Trump is starved out, we'll remove the barricades, gut and rebuild the White House, and start the tours again.

[NJCher]

47. that will be worse than prison for cheetolini

going without McDonald's!

[dlk]

71. Joe will need to fumigate!

[Blue Owl]

3. Donald Trump makes everything ugly

Just like himself.

Joe's gonna scale that wall and kick his fat ass all the way down Pennsylvania Avenue!!!

[In_The_Wind]

8. That's the truth.

Joe can do it.

[TheBlackAdder]

9. I'm surprised it's not White with Gold Trim or just plain 10K Gold spray paint.

[dalton99a]

4. What he can't burn, he vandalizes

[rickyhall]

19. You mean, what he won't eat he shits on 'cause he's a dog anyway.

[Thomas Hurt]

5. This stinks of paranoia and 3rd world dictatorship...

[johnnyfins]

31. Nah! It's to keep out the hundreds of thousands of imaginary ANTIFA marauders.

[mtnsnake]

32. Exactly. The big fat coward is scared to death what might happen should he steal the election again

[demigoddess]

49. no, it is in case he loses, and refuses to go.

even after Jan 20th. I think he will stay behind the wall and declare an "illegal" election. ;

[Oak2004]

72. and this is why everyone who loves this country needs to calmly prepare

http://www.choosedemocracy.us

As a lifelong activist, it looks to me that they know of what they speak. Sign up with the folks, and any other groups preparing to peacefully defend democracy, and be vigilant and determined. Anxiety won't help right now. Getting out the last of the vote, and then if necessary getting in the streets, will.

[appalachiablue]

48. +1

[C_U_L8R]

6. Vote to tear down this wall

[ProudMNDemocrat]

7. This will be a wall Joe Biden will tear down...

He will being back integrity to this House once again. First by unveiling the official Obama White House portraits.

Trump's can go into the shed out back that was once the OUTHOUSE!

[ananda]

10. It will be easily removed come next year.

...

[Happy Hoosier]

11. Remember how the COVIDIOTS talk about people living in fear?

That's Trump. He lives in fear every damned day of his miserable life.

[alterfurz]

12. "Karma is gonna build a wall around Donald Trump...

...and make him pay for it." -- John Fugelsang

[Nay]

13. Recursion, are there any protesters or anyone gathering around the White House today? I'd

hoped that NOBODY would show up in the area, so that people could see that Trump's so-called 'fears' of being attacked are just so much overblown bullshit.

[BadgerMom]

26. My thoughts exactly.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

14. Put a sign on it: Warning -- Diseased Animals Within; Do Not Feed!

[hunter]

15. With any luck the current occupant will skip town tomorrow...

... before he does any more damage.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

16. Doonesbury, September 4, 1974.

We can hope.

[csziggy]

57. I remember that! And it is the perfect toon to post

Remember, Nixon resigned Aug 8, 1974 so it took nearly a month for the barricaded feeling to evaporate.

Bring this cartoon back Jan 20, 2021 when it will fit even better.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

67. Yes, I remember it well also.

I was living in the DC area, working at National Airport. On August 8, when Nixon came on TV to resign, the airport shut down completely. Planes did not pull away from the gate while passengers and crew watched. There was literally no one at all in that huge, wonderful main terminal. We were all in our back room, as were the agents of every single airline, watching. It was bizarre and amazing.

That night, when he got to the line, "I am not a quitter." I was terrified the next sentence would be something like, "And therefore I am going to fight this to my last bit of will." When I see a rerun of it, I'm terrified that all of a sudden it will change, and he won't quit, and I'll suddenly be in that alternative reality.

I will try to remember to post it then.

[Mr. Ected]

17. Remember, they're blaming it on us

While his thugs roam the streets with law enforcement support, the looters on the left is all the folks at FOX hear about.

[stopdiggin]

18. that IS -- an extremely sad and depressing visual (nt)

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

20. It'll be gone by 1/23/2021. nt

[Boogiemack]

21. Does this mean that Trump is afraid of his own supporters when he loses? nt

[LuvNewcastle]

35. It looks to me like he either thinks he's going to win and

he's afraid of us or he thinks it's going to be a tie and there will be conflict as a result. It has me wondering if he and all those merchants who are boarding up their windows all over the country know something is coming. Things have been relatively quiet so far, and that's not what I expected, either. I hope it's all paranoia, but I honestly don't know what to think.

[smirkymonkey]

38. That's what frightens me so much about this.

That he knows the fix is in and he is expecting riots on our side. He is expecting us to come after him. Because it's not his own people that he's afraid of.

[bdamomma]

60. There are more of us than them

and that is also for his death cult.

Hold on tight it's going to be a roller coaster.

smirkymonkey

[smirkymonkey]

66. Hi there, bda momma!

I have actually been working most of the day and not even paying attention to the coverage and I am still sick to my stomach.

I actually took a civic engagement day today, but work has been so busy, I've spent most of the day working, since I have tomorrow and Thursday off and don't want to come back to an avalanche of work. Thinking of breaking out the vino soon, but it might be kind of rough on the stomach. Hope you are hanging in there and doing ok today!

[bdamomma]

68. I am hanging

in, and I don't have the TV on yet. I have this thing that every vote has to be counted before Joe is confirmed the successful winner.

Take care of yourself. I'm sorry you're not feeling well.

[smirkymonkey]

69. I am hoping this will all magically "disappear" once Trump is out of office.

I honestly think it will. He has been the cause of 90% of my anxiety and stress over the past four years. It will be so nice to have some peace and normalcy back again!

[packman]

22. Joe's first call when he sits down at that desk

[Dem2theMax]

25. BEFORE he moves into the White House!

That movie scared me to death!

[RestoreAmerica2020]

36. What is the title of movie..just can't recall.

[Solomon]

39. The Exorcist.

Scared the shit out of me too.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

41. Oh shit no wonder I couldnt recall, im such a scaredycat couldn't watch previews

..on tv and theyre not as bad on tv-- thanks!

[somaticexperiencing]

23. When you're this much of a narcissistic sociopath, you need lots of walls...

Walls everywhere.

But I can't wait till these walls are not enough to stop someone from dragging that orange bastard out of there and putting him in jail, where he will have plenty of walls to hold him in.

Easier answer. Learn to love yourself and others. But that seems a far reach for this guy.

So, walls, walls, walls.

[IronLionZion]

24. The French knew how to storm the Bastille

[johnnyfins]

29. Ha! Isn't it funny how Trumpo admires Bastille Day celebrations in France

[csziggy]

61. I was thinking even older - that wall would never stand up to a trebuchet!

[peggysue2]

27. I'm not in DC

But I agree the image is very sad because it represents what this Administration is and would like to be. I don't recall ever seeing this before or seeing boarded up businesses in every major city prior to a presidential election.

This is Trump's America. And this is why we're voting in huge numbers.

Never forget, never forgive.

The People's House should never be barricaded because of a f*cking election. Trump can seal himself in but he can't keep our votes or voices out.

[Xipe Totec]

28. It's not a barrier, it's a crib. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

46. +1. Smiles! . . . nt

[Evolve Dammit]

30. It is very sad and I wonder if he wants it to be like the Alamo if he loses. Last stand stuff?

[AlexSFCA]

33. it makes me scared as it shows how confident they are in winning

always expect the worst from this asministration

[Fla Dem]

34. It's disgusting and unAmerican. We don't live in some 3rd world country.

ALTHOUGH THAT'S WHAT HE'S TURNING US INTO.

[BainsBane]

37. One thing it shows

Is that Trump knows how much he is hated.
It also shows him to be an authoritarian.

[Karma13612]

40. indeed, horrifying

I zoomed in to the center of the picture where that brown oblong shaped object is, just above the middle of the fence.

It appears to be a board (maybe a 4X4?), and attached to it, on the right appears to a ??large electrical cable plugged in the board.

Does anyone else see this?

Are we talking electrified fencing?

OMG

[SunnyATT]

42. I was born and raised in Washington, D.C.

as was my mother and her mother before that. My mother told me that prior to WWII visitors to the "peoples house" could actually leave calling cards! I weep not only for what Trump has done to our house but what he has done to our nation.

[LiberalLovinLug]

43. Terrible, but perhaps it might even stay.

To keep out frothing deluded red hats after Jan. 20th.

But I think its up because Trump is planning to steal the election. And they know there will be protests and anger.

[FakeNoose]

44. This barrier was never meant to be permanent

Don't worry my friends, what goes up must also come down. We've got this!

[BrightKnight]

45. lol - King Donald needs to add some battlements and push sticks the ladders. n/t

[MadLinguist]

50. protest art will dominate that space in no time

Gotta find a way for the occupant to be forced to see it though!

[BobTheSubgenius]

51. Quite honestly, with the giant barrage of events and commentary going on...

...I really hadn't stopped to think about what people that see the WH every day, or at least frequently, feel about it. Man, it's easy to get carried away on one tangent or another these days.

Thank you for the reminder, and I hope you feel much, MUCH better soon.

[smb]

52. Hmmm... Putting Up A Secure Fence, Brining In Lots Of Guards...

...I guess he's trying to acclimate himself to his future accommodations!

[OhNo-Really]

53. I'm seeing art frames. Is it graffiti proof?

Bunker Crazy Pants

[BrightKnight]

58. You could defiantly project stuff on it. I doubt anyone asked at the Iron Curtain.

I see king Donald watching the election while hiding under the bed.

[OhNo-Really]

65. A Covid Memorial - slide shows of Covid19 victims

I’m sure someone will be creative.

[bdamomma]

62. I would spray paint that wall

"Get out of OUR HOUSE"!!!!!!!

[BrightKnight]

63. better to keep the image civil now

bunker boy was funny

[UCmeNdc]

54. Looks like some third world country

The governmental palace guarded by the presidential guards.

[ancianita]

55. It's clearly a dictator's compound.

This city was made a corporation in 1871. This wall is the kind of approach that corporate government takes when it's ready for a war against the nation's humans and their Constitution.

Republics are defined as not having monarchs or presidents, either. Trump is ready for all that. Because he knows that the only president allowed in a real Republic is in a corporation.

The Seal of the District of Columbia features the date 1871, recognizing the year the District's government was incorporated. This is the original. Others have since been redesigned.



When it was first adopted in 1871, the original seal featured Lady Justice placing a wreath not on a statue of George Washington, but on the Statue of Freedom, which currently sits atop the Capitol Building.

What we think this house and city stand for will be up for debate if/when statehood is seriously taken up by Congress. And the facts of U.S. incorporation might come out in discussions about D.C.

The [District of Columbia Organic] Act of 1871 did not establish a new city or city government within the District. Regarding a city , it stated that "the District of Columbia be, and is hereby, declared to be the successor of said corporations (Washington and Georgetown)". In the present day, the name "Washington" is commonly used to refer to the entire District, but there is no longer an official entity in the District by that name.[9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Organic_Act_of_1871

[panfluteman]

56. And The Great Irony of It All Is That

The violence that Trump wants to protect himself from is essentially of his own creation. What goes around comes around, Donnie! Like Nancy Pelosi told you: Grow up and take it like a man! He's probably going to announce a coup tonight, televised from the Oval Office. He definitely views the American people as his main enemies now.

[bdamomma]

59. WTF???

walls are meant to come down....we are not a fourth world country.

He's a coward. He's going down.

[BrightKnight]

64. I kind of get the impression he wants

us to paint an election day picture. I would be careful about the message...

[lunatica]

70. It will be a small footnote in our history.

Just like his other wall.