“Win or lose, fans of the Philly Eagles go out into the street and smash things. Whoever wins on Election Day, leftists will smash things,” is how I began my recent article ‘Fear and Loathing on the Left’.

Washington D.C. businesses aren’t waiting until the riots begin or until Election Day to begin boarding up.

With just days ahead of the election, some buildings within blocks from the White House have boarded up their store fronts.

During a public safety meeting last week, Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto brought up the concern of residents and businesses owners to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser.

“We are already getting requests from businesses if they should board up. We are getting requests about people moving trash cans inside,” Pinto said.

Consider this a parallel to the betting markets. Except that lots of people make dumb calculations while gambling while in this case it’s small business who don’t want to gamble with their livelihood.

“We will not tolerate any violence of any kind. We will not tolerate any riots. We will not tolerate the destruction of property. We will not tolerate any unlawful behavior. Offenders will be arrested and held accountable,” DC Police Chief Pamela Smith said.

Unless they’re leftists in which case they’ll be out with a desk appearance ticket in 5 minutes.

How dumb does Pam really think D.C. storeowners are? They’ve seen leftists riot repeatedly in Congress, punch police officers and walk away with nothing. They lived through the BLM riots. They know the rioters will go unpunished so they’re preparing to protect themselves.