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 echoed the massive protests against his first inauguration in 2017. were showing
In Franklin Park, one of three kickoff locations for the “People’s March” that will wind through downtown, protesters gathered in a light rain to rally for gender justice and bodily autonomy.
Other protesters gathered in two other parks near the White House, with a group focused on democracy and immigration and other local Washington issues, before heading to the march’s final gathering at the Lincoln Memorial.
Police cars, sirens blaring, drove between the kickoff locations.
Protests against Trump’s inauguration have been smaller than in 2017, in part because the American women’s rights movement fizzled after Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in November.
Vendors hawked #MeToo and “Love Trumps Hate” buttons and sold People’s March flags for $10. Protesters carried posters reading “feminists vs fascists” and “people over politics”.
“It’s really good to be together and in solidarity with all of you today, in what is going to be some really terrible extremism,” Mini Thimaraju, head of the advocacy group Reproductive Freedom for All, told the crowd. off
She said the good news was that despite Trump’s victory, abortion rights are popular, “We are the majority!” Leading the slogan of.
Reproductive groups joined civil rights, environmental and other women’s groups in organizing marches 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.
