WASHINGTON: Several thousand people, mostly women, gathered in Washington on Saturday (Jan 18) to protest President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, with some wearing the pink hats that marked the muc
with some wearing the pink hats that marked the much larger protest against his first inauguration in 2017.
Other protesters gathered at two other parks also near the White House, with one group focused on democracy and immigration and another on local Washington issues, before heading toward the march's final gathering at the Lincoln Memorial.People gather for the Women's March in Washington, DC, Jan 21, 2017.
“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,” Mini Timmaraju, the head of advocacy group Reproductive Freedom for All, told the crowd as events kicked off.
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