Hundreds of thousands of people from across the United States are descending on Washington to voice their anger and anxiety over Donald Trump’s presidency a day after he took the oath of office.
The Women’s March on Washington, which organizers say could attract a quarter of a million people on Saturday, seeks to raise awareness of women’s rights and other civil rights, that many Americans fear could be under threat by the new president.
Trump angered many at home and abroad by repeatedly making disparaging remarks about women, Muslims and immigrants during his bombastic presidential campaign.
The Women’s March, which began with a Facebook call by a Hawaiian grandmother in the aftermath of Trump’s election victory in November, is predicted to become one of the largest political demonstrations ever seen in the US capital.
Organizers said demonstrators are going to Washington on their own, using buses and trains from distant locations.
