It could get you killed and really, nobody wants that.
The security peeps are putting up an "unscalable fence" and beyond that are some non-lethal defenses including, according to a friend who was called in to do some security consulting, a microwave system that will "make you puke" then "crap your pants" then "pass out".
All of which will make catching an Uber home very difficult. Or at minimum get you assessed the vomit cleanup fee.
The Secret Service had told him if they didn't have secrets they wouldn't be the Secret Service.
Here's an example of how serious the Secret Service is:
Note the argyle socks. These guys mean business, even though they've given up the Uzi's for Belgian FN P90's. And although the Secret Service has had a somewhat spotty record over the last 60 years, when those sprayguns or roombrooms or whatever they're called get going Shut-Down D.C. will realize these aren't the Minneapolis or Portland police, ordered to stand down.
The above picture is captioned:
Secret Service agents respond to a hostage crisis at the Augusta National golf course during a visit by President Reagan. They are dressed casually in order to comply with the President's request that they cease wearing suits on the golf course. 1983.
Here's Shut-Down D.C.:
We’ve been training, researching and organizing for months and now that election day is just around the corner our plans are starting to come together. During last night’s open organizing meeting we came to a consensus on our basic framework to defend democracy and make sure Trump leaves the White House.
We’re thinking of the first week following the election in three phases:
November 3rd, Election Night:
After You Vote Come to Black Lives Matter Plaza
We’re going to start this next phase of the election cycle in the streets. We’ll have GoGo bands, salsa dancers, artists, cultural workers, and much more. We’ll also be watching the election results coming in on big screens. Votes will still be coming in, so this will (probably) not be the time we need to create disruption to stop a coup - yet. But we’ll be in a good place to respond to whatever might happen. This has been a really long and dark era so we’re going to be together to process our feelings of hope, anger, fear and exhaustion as a community.
November 4th—7th:
Ready to Do Whatever it Takes!
In the days following the election we’ll continue to come out into the streets every day to respond to rapidly changing events. We may be waiting for votes to be counted or we may be responding to major attacks on democracy. Over the next few weeks we’ll use our Spokes Council process to plan actions that are flexible and can scale to respond to a lot of different scenarios.
November 8th—11th:
No More Business as Usual
The week after the election members of Congress (many of whom will have just been voted out of office) are coming back to DC to go back into session. If Trump is trying to launch a coup, that’s no time for business as usual. We’ll meet them at the train station or the airports or if they drive into town we can meet them at their homes. And if Trump has already conceded, then we can pivot and use these actions to demand COVID-19 relief and other essential legislation!
