VA schools closing for primary election over potential for violence from Trump brownshirts

On the 13th of January, the Washington Post announced that Virgina school officials plan to close the schools during the March 1 "Super Tuesday" presidential primary. This is due to fear that Donald Trump supporters may react with violence to the state GOP's requirement that voters wanting a GOP ballot attest that they are Republicans. Donald Trump has been unique among all candidates in the 2016 Presidential race in endorsing violence against Black Lives Matter protesters and other enemies of his racist, xenophobic campaign. Thus it is reasonable to expect that violence or even organized rioting could occur if Trump supporters physically contest the state GOP's requirement for a Republican ballot.

Such violence from or among Republicans is not totally without precedent. The infamous "Brooks Brothers Riot" was a GOP organized assault on Florida's attempt to recount the disputed Presidential election election back in 2000. As the recount took place supporters of George W Bush stormed the building where all those "hanging chads" and hard to read ballots were being tallied and forcibly stopped the recount. Bush did not have the nerve to openly and publicly endorse that violence from his party militants, but Donald Trump has a history of open endorsement of assaults against his opponents. Thus closing the schools is a reasonable precaution to protect Virginia students against any spillover violence if Donald Trump supporters get physical.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/fairfax-considers...