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Airbnb Will Cancel All Washington D.C. Reservations During Inauguration Week
Local, state, and federal officials have asked people not to travel to the capital for the inauguration. Stefan ZaklinGetty Images
Following the violent pro-Trump riots at the Capitol last week, Washington D.C. has been on high alert for more unrest leading up to and during the January 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, an event which was already set to be in an unprecedentedly revised format due to the ongoing pandemic. Local, state, and federal officials, including mayor Muriel Bowser and governors Ralph Northam and Larry Hogan (of Virginia and Maryland, respectively) have implored people not to travel to the nation s capital for the event.
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In an affront to democracy, a mob of Trump supporters broke into the nation s Capitol on Wednesday, occupying the building for several hours and then leaving behind shattered windows and vandalized offices (not to mention all the psychological and emotional damage inflicted on members of Congress, who were in the midst of certifying the election of Joe Biden, and the rest of a stunned nation).
Now, in the wake of this week s events, curators for the Architect of the Capitol, the federal agency responsible for the building s maintenance and preservation, are assessing just how much physical damage was done to this hallowed building and its priceless art.