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gators. Reminds me of the Brooks Brothers rally in the 2008 election. Then they missed their bus.
always a source of revenue, to bring in revenue, devastated by the pandemic. Tour companies have worked the attempted January 6 insurrection into their tours, and of course Black Lives Matter Plaza. 
This Patriot Front hate group presumably contributed to the local economy satisfactorily. It's reportedly had more success than other fascist white nationalist groups by shedding their toxic neonazi symbology to sell themselves as wholesome patriots.
WaPo: ... In 2021, people from across the country flocked to the nation’s capital to rally against fossil fuels, march for racial justice and voice their opinions on abortion. The National Park Service issued more than 245 First Amendment demonstration permits from January through July of this year, data the agency provided to The Washington Post shows."
These days of activism have injected life into the downtown and provided much-needed financial relief to businesses struggling to turn profits without corporate customers. A recent report revealed that by mid-September, less than 25 percent of employees had returned to their downtown buildings and the retail vacancy rate continued to hover around 20 percent.
As a result, officials have embraced protest tourism in their attempts to revitalize downtown Washington. Destination D.C., the city’s marketing arm, is advertising the city as a unique place to witness social change. BigBus, the largest tour bus provider in the city, is updating its script to teach tourists about the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and the creation of Black Lives Matter Plaza.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/11/29/protest-tourism-dc-economy/
These days of activism have injected life into the downtown and provided much-needed financial relief to businesses struggling to turn profits without corporate customers. A recent report revealed that by mid-September, less than 25 percent of employees had returned to their downtown buildings and the retail vacancy rate continued to hover around 20 percent.
As a result, officials have embraced protest tourism in their attempts to revitalize downtown Washington. Destination D.C., the city’s marketing arm, is advertising the city as a unique place to witness social change. BigBus, the largest tour bus provider in the city, is updating its script to teach tourists about the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and the creation of Black Lives Matter Plaza.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/11/29/protest-tourism-dc-economy/
DB: D.C. police Lt. Jason Bagshaw told The Daily Beast that the cops, some in riot gear, were on the scene simply “waiting for people to leave.”
That is when it became clear that more than two dozen members of the white supremacist group could not leave, as they were apparently stranded. Members of the group had waited in a one-way roundabout to depart in one of the U-Hauls they had used to transport themselves for the rally. But the large rented moving van could not fit them all, so many of them were forced to wait in 45-degree darkness as the bulky orange vehicle made multiple trips over the course of nearly three hours.
As the group finally departed, one police officer yelled, “Whose shield is that?” after one white supremacist apparently left his plastic shield behind.
That is when it became clear that more than two dozen members of the white supremacist group could not leave, as they were apparently stranded. Members of the group had waited in a one-way roundabout to depart in one of the U-Hauls they had used to transport themselves for the rally. But the large rented moving van could not fit them all, so many of them were forced to wait in 45-degree darkness as the bulky orange vehicle made multiple trips over the course of nearly three hours.
As the group finally departed, one police officer yelled, “Whose shield is that?” after one white supremacist apparently left his plastic shield behind.
245 permits just through July. Also on the plus side, I love that so many places are officially made available in our nation's capital for peaceful exercise of free speech, on full view to visitors.
