Protesters have staged a mock funeral procession in New York to mourn the death of the “American Presidency” under President Donald Trump.
Hundreds of demonstrators, dressed in black mourning clothes, took part in a rally Saturday at Manhattan’s Washington Square Park around a black casket that symbolically contained “The American Presidency.”
The protest came ahead of the President’s Day, a federal holiday held on the third Monday of February each year to honor the nation’s presidents.
The dates for the “birth and death” of the American presidency were printed on the casket as April 30, 1789, when George Washington took office as the first president of the United States, and January 20, 2017, when Trump was inaugurated.
Many protesters were dressed as historical US presidents including Abraham Lincoln.
