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Has the Isis Attack on Virginia started yet? (Original Post) Voltaire2 Oct 2021 OP
:-) I haven't heard any updates. Nothing on WaPo or WTOP. I spooky3 Oct 2021 #1
I imagine the theat is being taken seriously and dealt with... Thomas Hurt Oct 2021 #2
If they're scaring people from the polls, they're helping Democrats onenote Oct 2021 #4
We avoided VA malls today and went to the Sandy Point Beach! honest.abe Oct 2021 #3
Quiet here lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #5

spooky3

(34,404 posts)
1. :-) I haven't heard any updates. Nothing on WaPo or WTOP. I
Sat Oct 30, 2021, 09:50 PM
Oct 2021

Went to a small mall today and nothing happened there.

I hope isis doesn’t show up during trick or treat time tomorrow.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
2. I imagine the theat is being taken seriously and dealt with...
Sat Oct 30, 2021, 09:52 PM
Oct 2021

a more pressing threat maybe the christofascists using as a way to scare people away from the polls.

If there is an attack of some kind then of course they will be squealing about it and blaming Biden and Democrats.

onenote

(42,581 posts)
4. If they're scaring people from the polls, they're helping Democrats
Sat Oct 30, 2021, 11:30 PM
Oct 2021

Today was the last day of early voting. If it keeps people from going out and voting on Tuesday, it will hurt Republicans who are morel likely to vote in person.

But more to the point: (1) the warnings focused on a potential threat to malls and shopping areas -- these are not locations where early or election day voting occurs in Northern Virginia (2) the Biden DHS was involved in communicating information to local law enforcement and I doubt the Biden DHS was trying to harm Democrats (2) I voted in Northern Virginia today and the line was pretty long (and overall traffic was normal for a Saturday).

So, no, this was not some ploy to suppress the vote (although that seems to be a bit popular tinfoil among some DUers who probably don't know the facts and aren't familiar with voting in Northern Virginia.)

honest.abe

(8,614 posts)
3. We avoided VA malls today and went to the Sandy Point Beach!
Sat Oct 30, 2021, 09:52 PM
Oct 2021

A bit cold but beautiful and very few people.

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