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In 430 demonstrations across the country, the majority of women protested against Donald Trump’s policies. The latest decisions of the president of the United States in particular caused outrage.
Thousands of people participated in protests against US President Donald Trump and for women’s rights in the United States on Saturday. In Washington and other cities, women in particular gathered to protest a possible re-election of Trump and his Supreme Court candidate Amy Coney Barrett. In the US capital, the participants began their protest march near the White House. According to the organizers, there were more marches in every state.
According to the organizers, more than 100,000 people participated in around 430 rallies and demonstrations across the country.
The protest movement begins in 2017
The protests were inspired by the first Women’s March after Trump’s inauguration in 2017, when more than three million people participated. This time, however, significantly fewer people came due to the corona pandemic.
The demo train on the way to the Capitol: Time and again, pink hats and T-shirts catch the eye – a hallmark of the protest movement. (Source: Jose Luis Magana / AP / dpa)
Also on Saturday, many participants wore the symbol of the protest of the Women’s March, the so-called Pussy Hat, alluding to Trump’s declaration that thanks to his fame he could grab women at any time. Like their role model, the late left liberal Supreme Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, many also wore white collars. Trump wants to replace Ginsburg with arch-conservative Barrett before the Nov.3 presidential election to the Supreme Court.
In New York, about 300 people gathered in Washington Square for one of five demonstrations in the city. “It’s really important to be here and to encourage people to vote against Trump and his misogynistic policies,” said Yvonne Shackleton, a 47-year-old Albany woman, about a three-hour drive from New York.
About 300 protesters also gathered in Brooklyn, Ginsburg’s birthplace. One was holding a sign that said “Ruth sent us.”
Participants who did not want to physically participate in the corona pandemic protests were able to participate in sending messages to motivate people to vote.
