“We Worry About Armed Conflict”: Investors Are Suddenly Freaking Out About Post-Election Violence

Earlier we reported that amid fears of election night chaos, the White House has been put on lockdown, and that according to NBC sources, beginning tomorrow, a “non-scalable” fence will be erected to secure the WH complex, Ellipse and Lafayette Square with 250 National Guardsmen on standby.

It’s not just the White House that is freaking out about violence tomorrow. As reported earlier, stores across the country are boarding up…

Stores across country board up fearing election-related chaos https://t.co/27rAT91BET pic.twitter.com/CBtMgX2O4E

— New York Post (@nypost) November 2, 2020

… while CNN anchors who fan social unrest and encourage violent protests are shocked, shocked that rioting may take place here.

I never thought I would see so many buildings here in the nation’s capital boarded-up on the eve of a presidential election in anticipation of possible unrest. And it’s not just in DC. It’s happening in New York, Los Angeles and elsewhere around the country. So sad! pic.twitter.com/fmPnUBbr8T

— Wolf Blitzer (@wolfblitzer) November 1, 2020

And now, it seems that Wall Street is also starting to freak out: in a note by AGF Investments’ Chief US Policy Strategist Greg Valliere, he wrote that the “threat of post-election violence has been a dominant topic in virtually every investor briefing we’ve done this fall,” but he’d “never raised the topic of violence — until now.”

Valliere said he was “stunned to see much of the city boarded up” while driving through downtown Washington over the weekend, and flagged disruptions in Portland, Ore., and elsewhere.

“In a country this angry – and armed to the teeth – we worry that an inconclusive election could unleash conflict,” and judging by the record pre-election VIX, which is far, far higher than where it was the day before the 2016 election, so is everyone else.

And as if in response to fears that violent conflict will break out over the next 48 hours, moments ago the National Guart was deployed in South Philadelphia.

BREAKING – National Guard deployed in South Philadelphia.pic.twitter.com/UbOJiZWmum

— Disclose.tv 🚨 (@disclosetv) November 2, 2020