LOS ANGELES: Protesters took to the streets en masse across the United States on Saturday, hoisting anti-Donald Trump placards, banging drums and donning pink hats for a second Women’s March opposing the president — one year to the day of his inauguration. Hundreds of thousands of marchers assembled in Los Angeles, New York, Washington, Chicago, Denver, Boston and other cities nationwide, many donning the famous pink knit “pussy hats”. Protesters hoisted signs emblazoned with slogans like “Fight like a girl”, “A woman’s place is in the White House” and “Elect a clown, expect a circus.”
The largest demonstrations were in cities where Trump performed poorly at the polls: the Los Angeles mayor said estimated turnout in his city was 600,000, while New York police estimated about 200,000 protesters. In Manhattan, a diverse crowd descended on Central Park West, the avenue that borders the city’s beloved park and arrives at the foot of the Trump International Hotel — part of the magnate-turned-commander-in-chief’s real estate empire. “We live in an alternate universe — it is so bad,” said Althea Fusco, 67, who travelled to the city from upstate New York with two neighbours. “I see an erosion of democracy,” she said. — AFP
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