Special envoy to Washington
The big day of voting has arrived, and with it the fear of possible violence.
George Washington University has not hesitated to advise its students, whose campus is located in the city center, to stock up on large provisions, "
like in a hurricane
".
The violent riots in DC that followed the death of George Floyd, an African-American who died of suffocation under the knee of a white police officer in Minneapolis last June, have left bad memories.
But Washington is surprisingly quiet, under the sun this late Tuesday afternoon.
A chilly wind blows over the city, where rare passers-by stroll masked.
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At midday, the hordes of supporters from both camps, those of Trump and Biden, each of whom anxiously awaits a face-to-face meeting around the White House at the time of the results, are invisible.
The radio spoke the day before of the arrival of a column of 200 pick-ups bristling with flags and filled with supporters of Donald Trump, who
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