“I think it was mostly peaceful last night, but this is just the warm-up,” Kelly said on Wednesday morning. “Today has been declared a national day of protest so you’re going to have hundreds of protests throughout the country.”
“The fact that we had this uncertain situation I think will only increase the periods of time that we’ll see demonstrations,” he added, referencing the fact that the outcome of the 2020 presidential election is still up in the air as slow returns in key swing states delayed results and made it impossible to call the race for either President Trump or former vice president Joe Biden.
Protests near the White House at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington remained tense as the country awaited clearer presidential election results.
In Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, police said roughly 40 people were arrested in downtown L.A. amid heightened tensions on election night.
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In Minneapolis on Tuesday night, a group of protesters set off fireworks and spray-painted business storefronts, leading to the arrest of 14 people, police said.
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And in Seattle, at least eight people were arrested as people took to the streets to protest on Election Day, including demonstrators who were leaving nails in a roadway, according to police.
Kelly told host Maria Bartiromo on Wednesday that he believes “the good news is that police departments around America have been practicing.”
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“They were caught short a little bit by the demonstrations after the George Floyd death and there’s been a lot of tabletop exercises and I think we’re in much better shape to handle demonstrations nationally,” he continued.
Bartiromo asked Kelly “what specifically” are the post-election protests “asking for?” and if he expects the situation to “bubble up” once a winner is announced.
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“A lot of these groups say that it’s not results focused,” Kelly responded. “Irrespective of who ultimately wins, they’re still going to have these demonstrations. They were scheduled for a long time so today, again, they weren’t looking at who was going to necessarily win the election.”
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“They just want to continue to put pressure on,” Kelly explained that a lot of the post-election protests have “to do with police reform.”.
He added, “I think there’s no question about it that advocates will try to infiltrate some of the demonstrations today.”
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He added that he believes the demonstrations that will take place in the coming days will include “property damage” and potentially looting.
“The looters see if they can get cover too from so-called peaceful protests and they’ll engage in looting if they can,” Kelly said.
“In New York it’s going to take a long time to turn it around,” Kelly weighed in on the situation in New York City, which is currently boarded up adding that the many big-name stores he saw are “sort of a sign of the times.”
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