Kate Brown moved to Washington for politics. But on election week, she’s leaving town for the same reason.
“I just want to get the eff out of Dodge,” Brown told me recently. “I don’t feel like dealing with it.”
“It,” in this case, doesn’t mean the tension of working an election. Brown does marketing and communications for mostly libertarian policy wonks, and election week isn’t exactly a busy time for book talks and white papers. Instead, she’s worried about safety — though she can’t quite picture exactly what the threat looks like.
“I’m not entirely sure what’s going to happen,” Brown said. “My best friend in the world was on Capitol Hill on January 6. He’s in a wheelchair. I was very worried. You think about stuff like that. Do I think there’s going to be another January 6? Honestly, I’m also a bit worried about if the other side wins. People really hate Trump. I just don’t know.”
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