Anti-Trump “Not My President’s Day” protests draw thousands across the US
By
our reporters
21 February 2017
Thousands of people once again turned out across the US on Monday to protest the right-wing policies of the Trump administration.
The protests were billed by organizers as “Not My President’s Day,” a play on the President’s Day federal holiday marking George Washington’s birthday which fell on Monday. While the protests drew several thousand people in New York City and a thousand people each in Chicago and Los Angeles, the crowds were noticeably smaller than other anti-Trump protests that have occurred in the last four weeks.
The one month since Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States has been marked by almost daily protests in cities large and small across the US and around the world. The first major protest, called as the “Women’s March,” drew millions of protesters into the streets in cities around the world on January 21, Trump’s first full day in office.
Last Thursday saw “A Day without Immigrants” protests in which thousands of immigrant workers and supporters stayed home from work and school, resulting in the closure of hundreds of businesses. Thousands of people turned out in a number of cities over the weekend, including Los Angeles and San Diego, to oppose the Trump administration plans to deport millions of immigrant workers. Tens of thousands marched in Milwaukee, Wisconsin last Monday to oppose plans to deputize county sheriffs as federal immigration enforcement agents.
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