So far so good. Massive force and mitigation tactics have seized the initiative from the blob supporters:
Sunday brought only small demonstrations to statehouses bracing for unrest.
Austin: By late afternoon, crowds had cleared out of the southern entrance to the Capitol after a peaceful day with two dozen or so armed demonstrators.
Boise, Idaho: A couple of protesters were on the Capitol steps.
Columbus, Ohio: About a dozen men with AK-47s, AR-15s and extra magazines — identifying themselves as “boogaloos,” a fringe anti-government movement — showed up at the heavily guarded Ohio Statehouse, saying they were there to “unify” the people. About 10 other armed men said they were there to stand up for people’s rights to free speech and bear arms.
Lansing, Mich: More than 50 men and a few women stood outside the metal security fencing at the steps of the Capitol shortly after noon. Timothy Teagan described it as a march for unity.
Olympia, Wa.: A 66-year-old man named John Hess approached the Capitol wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat and a handmade sign that read, “Stop the Steal. Joe Biden Traitor! Liar! Thief!”
Phoenix: By the afternoon, fewer than a dozen demonstrators were spread around the park and pavement outside the Capitol. Most appeared to be in their 50s or 60s, and a few wore Trump paraphernalia or carried guns.
Sacramento: On one side of the Capitol, a demonstrator stood with an American flag in hand and wearing a mask that read “E pluribus unum.”
Salem, Ore.: About 15 protesters, including men wearing symbols of the boogaloo movement, gathered in front of the closed and mostly quiet Capitol before noon.
Salt Lake City: About 10 boogaloo protesters were met by hundreds of soldiers and state troopers stationed on the perimeter of the Capitol.
Tallahassee: Five anti-government protesters showed up in the afternoon. Three wore military-style vests and one waved the flag of the boogaloo movement. One of the men, who gave his name as Jose Gutierrez, said he was carrying a concealed weapon.
Abigail Hauslohner, Carissa Wolf, Jay Greene, Faiz Siddiqui, Eva Ruth Moravec, Matthew David LaPlante, Gerrit De Vynck, Rachel Lerman, Peter Whoriskey and Kayla Ruble contributed to this report.