Sixty-year-old Robin, a supermarket clerk in rural Virginia, hasn’t visited the nation’s capital in more than two decades or ever taken part in organizing a political event, although she was quick to volunteer to manage a stop for one of the four vehicle caravans headed to Washington for what many are calling a historic protest on Jan. 6, 2021. In an unprecedented request, President Donald Trump asked his supporters to travel to Washington for a “big protest” on Jan. 6, when a joint session of Congress will be held, during which lawmakers will vet the Electoral College votes cast three weeks prior. A number of House Republicans have committed to challenge the slates of electors from six states where the president has disputed the validity of the election’s outcome. “Be there, will be wild!” the president wrote on Twitter on Dec. 19. A week later, he added, “See you in …
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