Security, Legal Insurance, Disguises: Democrats Are Preparing for the Worst After the Election

One lawmaker has stashed an “insurrectionist getaway costume” in their office in case things get dodgy at the Capitol again.

National Guard keep watch on the Capitol

National Guard keep watch over the Capitol in March 2021. Jacquelyn Martin/AP

Professional liability insurance policies. “Jokes” about acquiring passports from different countries in front of foreign officials. Even insurrectionist disguises stashed in congressional offices.

Democratic lawmakers are preparing for another Donald Trump win — or another Trump loss — in all sorts of ways.

One Democratic member told NOTUS that he and about a half dozen other lawmakers had taken out legal insurance to pay for lawyers in case Trump tried to sue or arrest them. This member also said he had heard Democrats make jokes about getting another passport in front of foreign officials, in only a sort of joking kind of way.