Over 1 million join anti-Trump women's marches worldwide

[brassmonkey]

WASHINGTON (AP) - In a global exclamation of defiance and solidarity, more than 1 million people rallied at women's marches in the nation's capital and cities around the world Saturday to send President Donald Trump an emphatic message on his first full day in office that they won't let his agenda go unchallenged.



Many of the women came wearing pink, pointy-eared "pussyhats" to mock the new president. Plenty of men joined in, too, contributing to surprising numbers everywhere from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles to Mexico City, Paris, Berlin, London, Prague and Sydney.

The Washington rally alone attracted over 500,000 people by the unofficial estimate of city officials - apparently more than Trump's inauguration drew on Friday. The international outpouring served to underscore the degree to which Trump has unsettled people in both hemispheres.

"We march today for the moral core of this nation, against which our new president is waging a war," actress America Ferrera told the Washington crowd. "Our dignity, our character, our rights have all been under attack, and a platform of hate and division assumed power yesterday. But the president is not America. ... We are America, and we are here to stay."

Turnout in the capital was so heavy that the designated march route alongside the National Mall was impassable. Protesters were told to make their way to the Ellipse near the White House by way of other streets, triggering a chaotic scene that snarled downtown Washington.

Around the world, women brandished signs with slogans such as "Women won't back down" and "Less fear more love." They decried Trump's stand on such issues as abortion, health care, diversity and climate change. And they branded him a sexist, a bully, a bigot and more.

"We want a leader, not a creepy tweeter," some marchers chanted in Washington. Others: "Welcome to your first day, we will not go away!" In Chicago, organizers canceled the march portion of their event for safety reasons after the overflow crowd reached an estimated 150,000. People made their way through the streets on their own anyway. In New York, well over 100,000 marched past Trump's home at glittering Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue. More than 100,000 also gathered on Boston Common, and a similar number demonstrated in Los Angeles.

In Miami, real estate agent Regina Vasquez, 51, brought a sign saying "Repeal and Replace Trump." "I believe that strength is in the numbers, and that we should all come out and not make Trump the new normal," she said.

All told, more than 600 "sister marches" were planned worldwide. Crowd estimates from police and organizers around the globe added up to more than a million. "I feel very optimistic even though it's a miserable moment," said Madeline Schwartzman of New York City, who brought her twin 13-year-old daughters to the Washington rally. "I feel power."

Retired teacher Linda Lastella, 69, who came to Washington from Metuchen, New Jersey, said she had never marched before but felt the need to speak out when "many nations are experiencing this same kind of pullback and hateful, hateful attitudes."

"It just seemed like we needed to make a very firm stand of where we were," she said. As the demonstrators rallied alongside the National Mall, Trump opened his first full day as president by attending a prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral, a tradition for the day after inauguration, and later visited the CIA. As he traveled around town, his motorcade passed large groups of protesters that would have been hard to miss.

The Women's March on Washington appeared to accomplish the historic feat of drawing more people to protest the inauguration than the ceremony itself attracted. It far surpassed the 60,000 people who protested the Vietnam War at Richard Nixon's inauguration in 1973. Before Saturday, that was thought to be the largest such demonstration in inaugural history.

The rallies were a peaceful counterpoint to the window-smashing unrest that unfolded on Friday when self-described anarchists tried to disrupt the inauguration. Police used pepper spray and stun grenades against the demonstrators. More than 200 people were arrested.

Marlita Gogan, who came to Washington from Houston for the inauguration, said police advised her family not to wear their "Make America Great Again Hats" as they walked through crowds of protesters while playing tourist on Saturday.

"I think it's very oppressive," she said of the march atmosphere. "They can have their day, but I don't get it." Hillary Clinton, who lost to Trump, took to Twitter to thank the participants for "standing, speaking and marching for our values."

The marches displayed a level of enthusiasm that Clinton herself was largely unable to generate during her campaign against Trump, when she won the popular vote but he outdistanced her in the electoral vote.

The hand-knit "pussyhats" worn by many women served as a message of female empowerment, inspired by Trump's crude boast about grabbing women's genitals. They "ain't for grabbing," actress Ashley Judd told the Washington crowd.

The marches were a magnet for A-list celebrities, unlike Trump's inauguration, which had a deficit of top performers. Alicia Keys sang "Girl on Fire" for the Washington crowd. Madonna gave a fiery, profanity-laced address to the gathering. Cher, also in the nation's capital, said Trump's ascendance has people "more frightened maybe than they're ever been."

In Park City, Utah, it was Charlize Theron leading demonstrators in a chant of "Love, not hate, makes America great." Actresses Helen Mirren and Cynthia Nixon and Whoopi Goldberg joined the crowd of protesters in New York.

Tens of thousands of protesters squeezed into London's Trafalgar Square. In Paris, thousands rallied in the Eiffel Tower neighborhood in a joyful atmosphere, singing and carrying posters reading "We have our eyes on you Mr. Trump" and "With our sisters in Washington." Hundreds gathered in Prague's Wenceslas Square in freezing weather, mockingly waving portraits of Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin.

In Sydney, thousands of Australians gathered in solidarity in Hyde Park. One organizer said hatred, bigotry and racism are not only America's problems.

Associated Press Writers Alanna Durkin Richer, Tami Abdollah, Juliet Linderman, Brian Witte, Matthew Barakat, and David Dishneau in Washington contributed to this report.

article...

[JohnnyClips - BANNED FOR LIFE]

And yet nothing will happen

Trump is still the President

[Bladewire]

More people marching against Trump than attended his inauguration

[JohnnyClips - BANNED FOR LIFE]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

More people marching against Trump than attended his inauguration

Yet Trump set the record for largest crowd ever

You people truly live in an alternate reality

[Barry-xlovecam]

Yep ...

In Washington, demonstrators came from around the country, sometimes sleeping on the couches of people they had never met before. More than 470,000 people had taken Metro by 1 p.m., a weekend ridership record. (By 11 a.m. on Inauguration Day, 193,000 trips had been taken.) The city issued about 1,800 bus parking permits for the event, and Amtrak added extra trains in and out of Union Station.

The anti Trump womens' rights movement sets a new record

Wait until the presidential approval records come out.

[JohnnyClips - BANNED FOR LIFE]

Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam

Yep ...

In Washington, demonstrators came from around the country, sometimes sleeping on the couches of people they had never met before. More than 470,000 people had taken Metro by 1 p.m., a weekend ridership record. (By 11 a.m. on Inauguration Day, 193,000 trips had been taken.) The city issued about 1,800 bus parking permits for the event, and Amtrak added extra trains in and out of Union Station.

The anti Trump womens' rights movement sets a new record

Pointless protest that will accomplish absolutely nothing

Trump is still the President!

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam

Yep ...

In Washington, demonstrators came from around the country, sometimes sleeping on the couches of people they had never met before. More than 470,000 people had taken Metro by 1 p.m., a weekend ridership record. (By 11 a.m. on Inauguration Day, 193,000 trips had been taken.) The city issued about 1,800 bus parking permits for the event, and Amtrak added extra trains in and out of Union Station.

The anti Trump womens' rights movement sets a new record

No mention of those numbers in the emergency press conference today, imagine that.

Emergency press conferences have always been for addressing the American public on all networks for EMERGENCIES. Trumps emergency was him wanting people to think his numbers were bigger than they are, imagine that.

[Barry-xlovecam]

Look at my angry shadow who is on ignore ^^^

Human trash

[altmman]

Originally Posted by JohnnyClips

Pointless protest that will accomplish absolutely nothing

Trump is still the President!

He's still the president, but now Republicans can SEE that if they pull support for womens rights, for lgbt rights, for minority rights the kind of opposition they're going to get.
They don't have the blank check to do whatever they want, half the country will fight back.

[JohnnyClips - BANNED FOR LIFE]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

No mention of those numbers in the emergency press conference today, imagine that.

Emergency press conferences have always been for addressing the American public on all networks for EMERGENCIES. Trumps emergency was him wanting people to think his numbers were bigger than they are, imagine that.

Umm Spicer mentioned those numbers

FAKE NEWS from you!

[Barry-xlovecam]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

No mention of those numbers in the emergency press conference today, imagine that.

Emergency press conferences have always been for EMERGENCIES. Trumps emergency was him wanting people to think his numbers were bigger than they are, imagine that.

Denial is the first sign of failure
He brings this on himself ...
Trump *so far* is a caricature of a man out for himself ...
He is just proving his detractors right.

[nico-t]

women... enough said

[JohnnyClips - BANNED FOR LIFE]

Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam

Denial is the first sign of failure
He brings this on himself ...
Trump *so far* is a caricature of a man out for himself ...
He is just proving his detractors right.

I thought he had no chance of winning?

[Barry-xlovecam]

Nothin' worse that a scorned woman chasing you -- women are like elephants they seem to never forget.

[EonBlue]

Soros will be busy issuing a lot of checks in the coming weeks.

One of the main organizers of the women's marches, Linda Sarsour, is a muslim woman in favor of sharia law (anti-women's rights). Go figure. I wonder how much Soros is paying her.




.

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam

Denial is the first sign of failure
He brings this on himself ...
Trump *so far* is a caricature of a man out for himself ...
He is just proving his detractors right.

The world is watching and his weaknesses are glaringly obvious to them. Unfortunate

[ilnjscb]

They are saying it was 3million all together.

[Speigelau]

[Paul Markham]

They were protesting about al ot of things. Don't swallow everything the media spunks out.

[LovinNothin]

[Markul]

[LovinNothin]

American women are a bunch of pussies. (no pun intended)

Some might be underpaid, but they get it all at the end.

Men die 10 to 12 years younger than women, and all they have to do is stop acting like they "don't need a man" ...get married... and when the hubby dies, collect his insurance and social security.

What's the problem ladies?

You think you have it bad? Go pop over to Russia, Asia or the Middle East and see what you missed. The women in those countries are LAUGHING AT YOU.

Not being treated fairly? LOL

Spoiled American Bitches, can all bite me.

[EonBlue]

Nice mess these women left behind. They want equality but leave their mess for someone else to cleanup.







.

[EonBlue]

From a woman's post on Facebook:

"Trump got more fat women out exercising in a single day than Michelle Obama did in 8 years."






.

[Grapesoda]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

WASHINGTON (AP) - In a global exclamation of defiance and solidarity, more than 1 million people rallied at women's marches in the nation's capital and cities around the world Saturday to send President Donald Trump an emphatic message on his first full day in office that they won't let his agenda go unchallenged.



Many of the women came wearing pink, pointy-eared "pussyhats" to mock the new president. Plenty of men joined in, too, contributing to surprising numbers everywhere from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles to Mexico City, Paris, Berlin, London, Prague and Sydney.

The Washington rally alone attracted over 500,000 people by the unofficial estimate of city officials - apparently more than Trump's inauguration drew on Friday. The international outpouring served to underscore the degree to which Trump has unsettled people in both hemispheres.

"We march today for the moral core of this nation, against which our new president is waging a war," actress America Ferrera told the Washington crowd. "Our dignity, our character, our rights have all been under attack, and a platform of hate and division assumed power yesterday. But the president is not America. ... We are America, and we are here to stay."

Turnout in the capital was so heavy that the designated march route alongside the National Mall was impassable. Protesters were told to make their way to the Ellipse near the White House by way of other streets, triggering a chaotic scene that snarled downtown Washington.

Around the world, women brandished signs with slogans such as "Women won't back down" and "Less fear more love." They decried Trump's stand on such issues as abortion, health care, diversity and climate change. And they branded him a sexist, a bully, a bigot and more.

"We want a leader, not a creepy tweeter," some marchers chanted in Washington. Others: "Welcome to your first day, we will not go away!" In Chicago, organizers canceled the march portion of their event for safety reasons after the overflow crowd reached an estimated 150,000. People made their way through the streets on their own anyway. In New York, well over 100,000 marched past Trump's home at glittering Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue. More than 100,000 also gathered on Boston Common, and a similar number demonstrated in Los Angeles.

In Miami, real estate agent Regina Vasquez, 51, brought a sign saying "Repeal and Replace Trump." "I believe that strength is in the numbers, and that we should all come out and not make Trump the new normal," she said.

All told, more than 600 "sister marches" were planned worldwide. Crowd estimates from police and organizers around the globe added up to more than a million. "I feel very optimistic even though it's a miserable moment," said Madeline Schwartzman of New York City, who brought her twin 13-year-old daughters to the Washington rally. "I feel power."

Retired teacher Linda Lastella, 69, who came to Washington from Metuchen, New Jersey, said she had never marched before but felt the need to speak out when "many nations are experiencing this same kind of pullback and hateful, hateful attitudes."

"It just seemed like we needed to make a very firm stand of where we were," she said. As the demonstrators rallied alongside the National Mall, Trump opened his first full day as president by attending a prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral, a tradition for the day after inauguration, and later visited the CIA. As he traveled around town, his motorcade passed large groups of protesters that would have been hard to miss.

The Women's March on Washington appeared to accomplish the historic feat of drawing more people to protest the inauguration than the ceremony itself attracted. It far surpassed the 60,000 people who protested the Vietnam War at Richard Nixon's inauguration in 1973. Before Saturday, that was thought to be the largest such demonstration in inaugural history.

The rallies were a peaceful counterpoint to the window-smashing unrest that unfolded on Friday when self-described anarchists tried to disrupt the inauguration. Police used pepper spray and stun grenades against the demonstrators. More than 200 people were arrested.

Marlita Gogan, who came to Washington from Houston for the inauguration, said police advised her family not to wear their "Make America Great Again Hats" as they walked through crowds of protesters while playing tourist on Saturday.

"I think it's very oppressive," she said of the march atmosphere. "They can have their day, but I don't get it." Hillary Clinton, who lost to Trump, took to Twitter to thank the participants for "standing, speaking and marching for our values."

The marches displayed a level of enthusiasm that Clinton herself was largely unable to generate during her campaign against Trump, when she won the popular vote but he outdistanced her in the electoral vote.

The hand-knit "pussyhats" worn by many women served as a message of female empowerment, inspired by Trump's crude boast about grabbing women's genitals. They "ain't for grabbing," actress Ashley Judd told the Washington crowd.

The marches were a magnet for A-list celebrities, unlike Trump's inauguration, which had a deficit of top performers. Alicia Keys sang "Girl on Fire" for the Washington crowd. Madonna gave a fiery, profanity-laced address to the gathering. Cher, also in the nation's capital, said Trump's ascendance has people "more frightened maybe than they're ever been."

In Park City, Utah, it was Charlize Theron leading demonstrators in a chant of "Love, not hate, makes America great." Actresses Helen Mirren and Cynthia Nixon and Whoopi Goldberg joined the crowd of protesters in New York.

Tens of thousands of protesters squeezed into London's Trafalgar Square. In Paris, thousands rallied in the Eiffel Tower neighborhood in a joyful atmosphere, singing and carrying posters reading "We have our eyes on you Mr. Trump" and "With our sisters in Washington." Hundreds gathered in Prague's Wenceslas Square in freezing weather, mockingly waving portraits of Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin.

In Sydney, thousands of Australians gathered in solidarity in Hyde Park. One organizer said hatred, bigotry and racism are not only America's problems.

Associated Press Writers Alanna Durkin Richer, Tami Abdollah, Juliet Linderman, Brian Witte, Matthew Barakat, and David Dishneau in Washington contributed to this report.

article...

I'll wager at this time many more than 1 million people are being starved and terrorized and killed.

[k0nr4d]

At this point anyone protesting trump may as well shut up and start hoping he does a good job. He's your president now.

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by k0nr4d

At this point anyone protesting trump may as well shut up and start hoping he does a good job. He's your president now.

I agree except it's tradition to protest the day after inauguration, both sides do it after every election. They always end up by the white house where the new sitting president looks out his window and is reminded of his real life opposition and that he's the president of all the people.

[SilentKnight]

Originally Posted by EonBlue

Nice mess these women left behind. They want equality but leave their mess for someone else to cleanup.







.

I guarantee you it'll be a guy who cleans all that shit up.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by k0nr4d

At this point anyone protesting trump may as well shut up and start hoping he does a good job. He's your president now.

you sound like a damn fool! it's their right to do so! just like the kkk marching city streets every fuking year!

[k0nr4d]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

you sound like a damn fool! it's their right to do so! just like the kkk marching city streets every fuking year!

Sure, it's their right. However, at this stage - he is the president and deserves respect. He will be making decisions that affect your life and all you can do right now is hope that he does a good job. Roughly half the country voted for him, half the country didn't. A bunch of butthurt feminists going for a walk isn't going to change a single damned thing - and I doubt the numbers are anywhere NEAR the amounts that the media reports. Honestly, I think maybe 100k people took part.

We have same shit in Poland. There was some anti-govt march here in the summer. Media reported 240k people, police said between 30 and 45k. For nationalist march around the same time, it was practically the other way around with media saying 20k and actual number being close to 100k. The media spins everything to their narative - They even used the footage of polish nationalist marches in the movie "Imperium" (complete with polish flags waving) as a US white pride rally

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by k0nr4d

Sure, it's their right. However, at this stage - he is the president and deserves respect. He will be making decisions that affect your life and all you can do right now is hope that he does a good job. Roughly half the country voted for him, half the country didn't. A bunch of butthurt feminists going for a walk isn't going to change a single damned thing - and I doubt the numbers are anywhere NEAR the amounts that the media reports. Honestly, I think maybe 100k people took part.

We have same shit in Poland. There was some anti-govt march here in the summer. Media reported 240k people, police said between 30 and 45k. For nationalist march around the same time, it was practically the other way around with media saying 20k and actual number being close to 100k. The media spins everything to their narative - They even used the footage of polish nationalist marches in the movie "Imperium" (complete with polish flags waving) as a US white pride rally

you earn respect! you worry about poland you say all this stupid shit it won't be heard thank god.

[k0nr4d]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

you earn respect! you worry about poland you say all this stupid shit it won't be heard thank god.

I'm not a fan of our president either, but I'd still shake his hand not spit in his face

[ErectMedia]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

More people marching against Trump than attended his inauguration

Lot of Trump voters didn't announce they were voting Trump just got in the booth and made it happen. So kinda makes sense even after the fact that some Trump voters might not wanna be acknowledged for it by going to an inauguration.

Personally I broadcasted I was voting Trump cause I'm an asshole that loves confrontation.

[crockett]

Originally Posted by k0nr4d

At this point anyone protesting trump may as well shut up and start hoping he does a good job. He's your president now.

No, he's clearly not my president because his actions are to fuck my country. He is the alt rights president who want to destroy the govt, not mine. His legitimacy as rightful president is still in question. In fact I think at this point the FBI/CIA will just cover up his dealings with Russia and hope he doesn't fuck us, because of the shit storm which would happen if they come out with the actual proof and say he was working with Russia.

If that happened there would be riots in the streets and he would be removed from office by force if need be. They will not let that happen even if it means letting him stay, knowing he's a traitor. They will cover it up for the sanctity of the office rather than the sanctity of the Constitution and the people. They will not understand if the office is compromised so is the Constitution and everything it represents.. Govt's of today are more worried about keeping control of people than eroding the very building blocks of the countries they represent.

Trump will never be a legitimize president due to his actions during the election. He certainly is not my president. Trump is the type of leader who divides and destroys countries, this is why Russia wanted him as their puppet. They know he will weaken the US globally and at home.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by k0nr4d

I'm not a fan of our president either, but I'd still shake his hand not spit in his face

get a towel ready to wipe away the snake oil. he will make some kind of shady deal. then he will be gone.

[ErectMedia]

Originally Posted by EonBlue

From a woman's post on Facebook:

"Trump got more fat women out exercising in a single day than Michelle Obama did in 8 years."

[escorpio]

Originally Posted by crockett

No, he's clearly not my president because his actions are to fuck my country. He is the alt rights president who want to destroy the govt, not mine. His legitimacy as rightful president is still in question. In fact I think at this point the FBI/CIA will just cover up his dealings with Russia and hope he doesn't fuck us, because of the shit storm which would happen if they come out with the actual proof and say he was working with Russia.

If that happened there would be riots in the streets and he would be removed from office by force if need be. They will not let that happen even if it means letting him stay, knowing he's a traitor. They will cover it up for the sanctity of the office rather than the sanctity of the Constitution and the people. They will not understand if the office is compromised so is the Constitution and everything it represents.. Govt's of today are more worried about keeping control of people than eroding the very building blocks of the countries they represent.

Trump will never be a legitimize president due to his actions during the election. He certainly is not my president. Trump is the type of leader who divides and destroys countries, this is why Russia wanted him as their puppet. They know he will weaken the US globally and at home.

Who is your president?

[mineistaken]

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by escorpio

Who is your president?

[EonBlue]

Originally Posted by crockett

Trump is the type of leader who divides and destroys countries,

After 8 years of Obama the country is completely divided and race relations are at the lowest point since the 60's yet it's the new guy that is the problem.

Riiiiiight.




.

[JohnnyClips - BANNED FOR LIFE]

Yes people can be illegal

It's the difference between withdrawing your own money from a bank vs robbing the bank

[crockett]

Originally Posted by EonBlue

After 8 years of Obama the country is completely divided and race relations are at the lowest point since the 60's yet it's the new guy that is the problem.

Riiiiiight.




.

The difference is Obama didn't make this country divided by his open hate of the right. The right instead made this country divided by their open hate of Obama.. Obama tried to work with the right, the right openly did nothing but hate..

People like you are the reason it's like this, now we finish the job. You will not like the results of the left hating you, I can guarantee it. The left is now triggered and we actually do more than talk..

[Google Expert]

Trump in one day made more fat women go for a walk than Obongo did in 8 years.

[Google Expert]

Originally Posted by crockett

The difference is Obama didn't make this country divided by his open hate of the right. The right instead made this country divided by their open hate of Obama.. Obama tried to work with the right, the right openly did nothing but hate..

People like you are the reason it's like this, now we finish the job. You will not like the results of the left hating you, I can guarantee it. The left is now triggered and we actually do more than talk..

Does your feeble mind understand that Obongo and the libs went so far left, that they ended up in full Nazi mode with their policies?

People now have to defend themselves from the crazy leftists and their Nazi ideas.

[EonBlue]

Originally Posted by crockett

The difference is Obama didn't make this country divided by his open hate of the right. The right instead made this country divided by their open hate of Obama.. Obama tried to work with the right, the right openly did nothing but hate..

People like you are the reason it's like this, now we finish the job. You will not like the results of the left hating you, I can guarantee it. The left is now triggered and we actually do more than talk..

The crazier the left becomes the more ordinary people are turned off by them.

Hint: Trump won because ordinary people are turned off by the antics of the crazy left and the Democrat party.

If you want to start a civil war then go for it. The left will lose and lose badly. Ordinary people are sick of listening to you.




.

[Phoenix]

So is it true one of the main supporters and leaders of these marches is a sharia law supporter?

[JohnnyClips - BANNED FOR LIFE]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

So is it true one of the main supporters and leaders of these marches is a sharia law supporter?

Yes...the left is mentally ill

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

So is it true one of the main supporters and leaders of these marches is a sharia law supporter?

google rabbi clip and suck

[EonBlue]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

So is it true one of the main supporters and leaders of these marches is a sharia law supporter?

Yes. Linda Sarsour.

https://twitter.com/lsarsour/status/598327052727615488
https://twitter.com/lsarsour/status/719301817771892737

She plays the old "misunderstood" card.




.

[EonBlue]

Originally Posted by SilentKnight

I guarantee you it'll be a guy who cleans all that shit up.

Yep.






.