WUSA9 found several posts on the website TheDonaldWin encouraging supporters to “bring guns.”
WUSA9 reached out to the administer of the online forum but did not hear back. After contacting several hotels, WUSA9 did hear back from Marriott. A spokesperson said the hotel will not close but, in a statement explained, “we are monitoring the situation very closely and have operational and security plans in place.”
“Your silence is violence,” Taylor said.
WUSA9 s Delia Gonçalves spotted some barricade gates on standby outside the downtown hotel and some employees surveying the property Wednesday.
D.C. Police confirm to WUSA9 they are not aware of any specific barricades gates near the hotel, but a spokesperson emailed us a statement saying: