{"id":42121,"date":"2020-11-02T08:46:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T13:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=42121"},"modified":"2021-01-14T12:39:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T17:39:19","slug":"upheaval-watch-confrontations-tensions-around-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/upheaval-watch-confrontations-tensions-around-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Upheaval Watch: Confrontations, Tensions Around America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41193\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/logoinside-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"45\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>From Fox News:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/640\/320\/AP20293799505256.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The afternoon sun illuminates the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Ave in Richmond, Va., Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. (AP Photo\/Steve Helber)\" width=\"450\" height=\"224\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A political rally on Sunday led to confrontations between\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\">Trump supporters<\/a>\u00a0and protesters at a Robert E. Lee monument in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/virginia\">Virginia<\/a>, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Police said the mobile political rally, which dubbed\u00a0itself as a \u201cTrump Train,\u201d entered Richmond on Sunday afternoon. Police said there was a confrontation as the rally passed the statue at Monument and Allen avenues.\u00a0\u201cSome of the vehicles left the roadway and crossed grassy medians near the area,\u201d according to Richmond police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"custom-full-story\" style=\"text-align: center;\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/trump-supporters-protesters-clash-at-robert-e-lee-monument-in-virginia\">For Full Story<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>From The New York Times:<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-158dogj evys1bk0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-11cwn6f alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/11\/01\/us\/politics\/01campaign-disruption-1\/merlin_179419203_dc99eb4b-efe7-4264-ae6d-c6428cc7b5b8-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/11\/01\/us\/politics\/01campaign-disruption-1\/merlin_179419203_dc99eb4b-efe7-4264-ae6d-c6428cc7b5b8-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/11\/01\/us\/politics\/01campaign-disruption-1\/merlin_179419203_dc99eb4b-efe7-4264-ae6d-c6428cc7b5b8-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/11\/01\/us\/politics\/01campaign-disruption-1\/merlin_179419203_dc99eb4b-efe7-4264-ae6d-c6428cc7b5b8-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"Supporters of President Trump blocked traffic on the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge in Tarrytown, N.Y., on Sunday.\" width=\"182\" height=\"121\" \/>Vehicles with Trump flags halted traffic on Sunday on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey and jammed the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge between Tarrytown and Nyack, N.Y. Another pro-Trump convoy in Virginia ended in a tense shouting match with protesters as it approached a statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-158dogj evys1bk0\">In Georgia, a rally for Democrats was canceled shortly before it was scheduled to begin on Sunday, with organizers worried about what they feared would be a \u201clarge militia presence\u201d drawn by President Trump\u2019s own event nearby. As the nation races toward Election Day, the tensions and acrimony surrounding an extraordinarily divisive campaign, coming on the heels of a summer of protests and racial unrest,are bleeding into everyday life and adding further uncertainty to an electoral process in which Mr. Trump has not committed to a peaceful transfer of power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"custom-full-story\" style=\"text-align: center;\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/11\/01\/us\/trump-biden-election-campaign.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=Homepage\">For Full Story<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>[scroll down for more]<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- spiritdaily.org --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6350947343102800\" data-ad-slot=\"9237292177\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>From CNN:<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\">Federal authorities are expected to put back into place a \u201cnon-scalable\u201d fence around the entire perimeter of the White House on Monday as law enforcement and other agencies prepare for possible protests<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0surrounding the election<\/a>, a source with knowledge of the matter confirmed to CNN.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\">The fence,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/06\/04\/politics\/white-house-fence-barricade\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0the same type that was put up during protests this summer<\/a>, will encompass the Ellipse and Lafayette Square. It will go down 15th Street to Constitution Avenue and then over to 17th Street. The fence will then run up to H Street and across by Lafayette, and then come down 15th Street, the source said.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/us.cnn.com\/2020\/11\/02\/politics\/white-house-fence-erected-again\/index.html\">For Full Story<\/a>]<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>From Study Finds:<\/p>\n<p>As if the coronavirus pandemic wasn\u2019t giving Americans enough anxiety already, you may have heard there\u2019s a presidential election this November. With\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyfinds.org\/political-divide-america-worst-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">political divisions<\/a>\u00a0reaching historical highs, a survey finds a majority of the country believe their most stressful day of 2020 hasn\u2019t even arrived yet. The poll examining mental health reveals 55 percent of Americans think Election Day 2020 will be the most stress-filled day of their lives.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onepoll.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OnePoll<\/a>\u00a0survey examined the current mental health of 2,000 adults, focusing on the stress caused by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyfinds.org\/covid-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19<\/a>\u00a0and the presidential race. Nearly six in 10 people can\u2019t imagine being more stressed than they already are this year, while 67 percent want the year to be over now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"custom-full-story\" style=\"text-align: center;\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyfinds.org\/2020-election-day-most-stressful\/\">For Full Story<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>From Reuters:<\/p>\n<p>When lifelong Democrat Mayra Gomez told her 21-year-old son five months ago that she was voting for Donald Trump in Tuesday&#8217;s presidential election, he cut her out of his life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He specifically told me, &#8216;You are no longer my mother, because you are voting for Trump&#8217;,&#8221; Gomez, 41, a personal care worker in Milwaukee, told Reuters. Their last conversation was so bitter that she is not sure they can reconcile, even if Trump loses his re-election bid. &#8220;The damage is done. In people&#8217;s minds, Trump is a monster. It&#8217;s sad. There are people not talking to me anymore, and I&#8217;m not sure that will change,&#8221; said Gomez, who is a fan of Trump&#8217;s crackdown on illegal immigrants and handling of the economy.<em> [scroll down for\u00a0 more]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"> <em> <strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.trust.org\/item\/20201102100611-ux0v5\">[For Full Story<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mywabashvalley.com\/federal-executions\/william-lecroy-executed-at-u-s-penitentiary\/\">]<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- spiritdaily.org --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6350947343102800\" data-ad-slot=\"9237292177\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p>From Reuters:<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s U.S. presidential election has all the ingredients for a drawn-out court battle over its outcome: a highly polarized electorate, a record number of mail-in ballots and some Supreme Court justices who appear ready to step in if there is a closely contested race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">The only missing element that would send both sides to the courthouse would be a razor-thin result in a battleground state.\u00a0\u201cIf it comes down to Pennsylvania and Florida I think we\u2019ll be in the legal fight of our lives,\u201d said Jessica Levinson, who teaches election law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"> <em> <strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-election-legal-challenges\/polarized-electorate-mail-in-ballots-could-spark-post-election-legal-fight-of-our-lives-idUSKBN27I1BO\">[For Full Story<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mywabashvalley.com\/federal-executions\/william-lecroy-executed-at-u-s-penitentiary\/\">]<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>From The Daily Caller:<\/p>\n<p>Police departments are set to cancel days off, prepare tactical response teams and gather intelligence about possible election unrest as Nov. 3 quickly approaches, according to two police union officials. The New York City Police Department (NYPD) on Oct. 24 told businesses within the boroughs to prepare for possible political violence, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/new-york-police-department-tells-businesses-to-prepare-for-election-protests-11603540800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported Oct. 24. The department has reportedly been preparing for weeks to keep the city secure in the event of election-induced calamity. Miami, Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, Orlando, Chicago and other major cities have also reported prepping for possible violence, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/election-president-police-protest-preparation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"> <em> <strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/10\/31\/how-police-preparing-election-unrest\/\">[For Full Story<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mywabashvalley.com\/federal-executions\/william-lecroy-executed-at-u-s-penitentiary\/\">]<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"signs\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1604306764\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Upheaval Watch: Confrontations, Tensions Around America\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Fox News: A political rally on Sunday led to confrontations between\u00a0Trump supporters\u00a0and protesters at a Robert E. 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