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Written by Gabriella Borter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Several thousand people, mostly women, gathered in Washington on Saturday to protest the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, some wearing pink hats that marked the larger protest against and his first inauguration in 2017.
In Franklin Park, one of the three “People’s March” locations that will pass through the city, protesters gathered in the light rain to demand gender justice and physical independence.
Other protesters gathered in two other parks near the White House, one focused on democracy and immigration, and the other on domestic issues in Washington, before heading to the final rally of on the Lincoln Memorial tour.
Police cars, with sirens blaring, drove between the launch sites.
Protests against Trump’s inauguration are much smaller than in 2017, in part because the American women’s rights movement fractured after Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in November.
Vendors wore buttons that read #MeToo and “Love trumps hate,” and sold People’s March flags for $10. The protesters were carrying pictures that read “Feminists v. Fascist” and “People over politics”
“It’s truly healing to be here with all of you today one by one, to face what will be a terrible extremism,” Mini Timmaraju, head of the advocacy group Reproductive Freedom for All, told the crowd. when the events begin. turn off.
He said the good news is that abortion rights remain popular despite Trump’s victory, leading chants of “We are the majority!”
Pregnancy groups joined civil rights, environmental and other women’s groups to organize a march against Trump and his agenda as he prepares to take office on Monday. Trump won all seven battleground states and the popular vote in the November election.
