'Build bridges, not walls': Anti-Trump protesters hold 'Not My President' march
Published : Feb 21, 2017, 10:56 am IST
Updated : Aug 6, 2019, 1:56 pm IST
Thousands of protesters turned out Monday across the US to challenge Donald Trump in a Presidents Day protest dubbed Not My President's Day. (Photos: AP)
The protests on the federal holiday didn't draw nearly as many people as the million-plus who thronged the streets following the Republican president's inauguration a month earlier, but the message was similar. (Photo: AP)
Thousands of flag-waving protesters lined up outside Central Park in Manhattan. Many in the crowd chanted "No ban, no wall. The Trump regime has got to fall." They held aloft signs saying "Uphold the Constitution Now" and "Impeach the Liar." (Photo: AP)
A rally in downtown Los Angeles also drew thousands. Demonstrators there called attention to Trump's crackdown on immigration and his party's response to climate change and the environment. (Photo: AP)
They chanted: "Love not hate makes America great."
In Chicago, several hundred rallied across the river from the Trump Tower, shouting "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Donald Trump has got to go." (Photo: AP)
Several hundred demonstrated in Washington, D.C. Dozens gathered around the fountain in Dupont Circle chanting "Dump Trump" and "Love, not hate: That's what makes America great." (Photo: AP)
Dozens marched through midtown Atlanta for a rally named with a Georgia flavor: "ImPEACH NOW! (Not My) President's Day March." The anti-Trump protesters held up posters including some reading, "Make America Think Again" and "Build bridges, not walls." (Photo: AP)