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Washington is one of America’s most Democratic electorates, and more than 90 per cent voters here chose Kamala Harris to be the next president at November’s election. But right now, it looks and feels like Trump country.In downtown DC, excited fans have been braving the wind and drizzle for hours – some even arriving overnight – to get one of the 20,000-odd seats inside Capitol One Arena for the president-elect’s so-called “victory” rally.
As someone who has lived here for the past few years, it’s quite a novel sight: the streets are filled with tens of thousands of folks in MAGA caps and beanies; vendors are selling everything from commemorative Trump coins and cups, to American flags and T-shirts.At one point a cardboard cutout of Trump on a surfboard was “surfing” through the crowd as people passed it along towards the front of the queue.
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