Barriers are also going up at the sites of the Harris and Trump watch parties.
Ahead of Election Day, authorities are erecting new security fencing around the White House and the Naval Observatory, where Vice President Kamala Harris resides.
The barriers are part of heightened security preparations in Washington this week, as officials brace for potential unrest in the aftermath of a presidential contest expected to come down to the wire.
“These enhancements are not in response to any specific issue but are part of wide-ranging public safety preparations for Tuesday’s election,” Alexi Worley, a spokesperson for the Secret Service, said in a statement.
Fencing and other physical public safety measures are also being installed around the Palm Beach County Convention Center in Florida, where Donald Trump is slated to hold his election night watch party, Worley said.
On Monday, crews were also putting up new fencing around Howard University, where Harris is holding her watch party. Local police announced they would close several streets around the college beginning Monday evening.
The precautions come at the tail end of a divisive campaign marked in its closing stages by Trump’s dark and, at times, violent rhetoric. Trump in recent days has mused about “nine barrels shooting at” former Rep. Liz Cheney and said he wouldn’t “mind” if someone had to “shoot through the fake news” to get to him.
Trump has also been the target of two assassination attempts, one of which resulted in the death of a bystander.
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