Inauguration Day quiet in WA, despite worries about armed protests

Some Washingtonians watching the inauguration from their homes, or in their cars on the way to work, expressed mostly relief after the new president and vice president were sworn in.

Martin LeBlanc, an outdoor consultant who lives in the Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle, said he watched the inauguration with his 10-year-old daughter, who he said is vice president of her school and “very political.”

Given the pandemic and mayhem at the U.S. Capitol two weeks ago, LeBlanc said he thought “it went as well as it could have.”

“I actually got up in the morning to make sure Trump left,” LeBlanc said. “I don’t put anything past him.”

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