Ahead of Election Day unrest, the White House is getting a huge, ‘non-scalable’ fence

[Andy Meek]

• Election Day 2020 is almost here, and extraordinary preparations are being made to protect the White House.
• Sources reported over the weekend that a massive, 'non-scalable' fence is being erected to protect the White House complex.
• This comes as similar preparations to get ahead of Election Day unrest are being made across the US.

Contingency plans have put in place to protect the White House ahead of Election Day unrest, with the complex expected to be put on a kind of lockdown and a huge, 'non-scalable' fence set to be erected starting tomorrow.

That's according to NBC News White House correspondent Geoff Bennett, who tweeted on Sunday night that these moves also include some 250 area National Guardsmen having been put on standby. This comes as a wave of action is also being taken across the country in preparation for property destruction and other disorder that's expected to occur in the wake of the November 3 presidential contest. The cosmetics chain Ulta Beauty, for example, told NBC News that it's "boarding up stores, closing early, and hiring overnight security guards" in some locations.

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