Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
According to Fox News, thousands of protesters, primarily females, met in Washington, D.C, for the People’s March, which was previously known as the Women’s March. The outlet noted that the crowd was only a tenth of the size of the original Women’s March in 2017.
Mini Timmaraju, the head of the Reproductive Freedom for All advocacy group, told the protesters, “It’s really healing to be here with all of you today in solidarity and togetherness, in the face of what’s going to be some really horrible extremism.”
A video shared by comedian Chad Prather shows protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., to protest against the second Trump administration.
Another video shared by journalist Sarah Fields shows the anti-Trump protesters marching with banners featuring sayings of “Our Freedom. Our Future. Our Fight,” “We Rise. We Resist. We March,” and “We Will Not Be Silent.” Meanwhile, the protesters can be heard repeatedly chanting, “We will not go back.”
While a significant number of law enforcement officials were deployed ahead of the People’s March and Trump’s inauguration, Fox News noted that law enforcement officials were not expecting the violence that preceded Trump’s inauguration in 2017. During the anti-Trump protests in 2017, over 200 individuals were arrested as protesters burned cars and damaged storefronts prior to Trump’s inauguration, according to Fox News.
However, a video shared on X, formerly Twitter, shows anti-Trump protesters vandalizing property in Washington, D.C., prior to Trump’s second inauguration.
One social media user shared a picture of the anti-Trump protesters on Saturday, tweeting, “Not a single American flag in the ‘Peoples March’ protest against President Trump. Are you surprised?”
In addition to the protest in Washington, D.C., roughly 1,000 protesters gathered for the People’s March in New York City, according to The New York Post.