Anti-Trump protests enter second week
Demonstrations against President-elect Donald Trump continued in cities across the U.S., as protesters expanded their grievances from the Republican’s immigration policies and misogynistic and racist comments to his incoming administration and the issues that it will address, including climate change, the Dakota Access Pipeline, immigration, and women’s health.
Pictured: Students attend a protest against President-elect Donald Trump at the National Mall in Washington, U.S., Wed., November 15, 2016.
Pro-Trump Vandalism
In the days leading up to and following Election Day, there has been an increase in reports of hate crimes against Muslims, African Americans, Asians, gays and women. Churches have been vandalized.
An African American church in Greenville, Miss., burned in what the fire chief deemed arson; “Vote Trump” was spray painted on the side of the building (top). In Silver Spring, Md., the Episcopal Church of Our Savior, which has a large immigrant population, was vandalized with a message that read, “Trump Nation, Whites Only” (bottom).
Vandals spray-painted a swastika, a gay slur, and the phrase “Heil Trump” on the sides of St. David’s Episcopal Church in central Indiana. The Rev. Kelsey Hutto told the Washington Post they will leave the graffiti up as a message to those who feel threatened: “If anybody in the surrounding area - or even country - sees these and knows that we were targeted because we’re inclusive and they need a safe space, then they know that St. David’s is a safe space.”
Portland, Ore.
Protesters gather before marching through the streets in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016.
Approximately 100 students at Portland State University joined a nationwide campus walkout to protest President-elect Donald Trump.
New Brunswick, N.J.
Hundreds of Rutgers University students block College Ave., in New Brunswick, N.J., as they march to protest some of President elect Donald Trump’s policies and to ask school officials to denounce some of his plans, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, in New Brunswick, N.J.
College students at campuses around the United States walked out fo classes and attended rallies, calling on school administrators to protect students and employees against immigration proceedings under Donald Trump’s presidency.
Providence, R.I.
Students protest on the Brown University campus, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, in Providence, R.I., to demand that students and employees be protected against immigration proceedings following the election of Donald Trump as president. Hundreds of students walked out of their classrooms and activities at 3 p.m.
New York City
Students of New York University NYU stand silently in Elmer Holmes Bobst Library during a demonstration joining with other colleges across the nation participating in #SanctuaryCampus, a protest against President-elect Donald Trump, in New York City, November 16, 2016.
Tallahassee, Fla.
Protesters demonstrate against the election of Republican Donald Trump as President of the United States in Tallahassee, Florida, November 16, 2016.
Tallahassee, Fla.
Protesters halt traffic as they demonstrate in the street against the election of Republican Donald Trump as President of the United States, in front of the Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida, November 16, 2016.
Tallahassee, Fla.
A Trump supporter engages with protesters at the State Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016.
Los Angeles
In her concession speech on Wed. Nov. 8, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton said of the president-elect, “We owe him an open mind.” Two days later, Mr. Trump named Breitbart News executive Steve Bannon - a standard-bearer of the so-called “alt right” white nationalist movement, who has promoted anti-Semitic, racist and misogynistic views - as his chief strategist.
Pictured: Protesters near Los Angeles City Hall demand the firing of alt-right media mogul Steve Bannon from President-elect Trump’s White House staff, November 16, 2016.
Los Angeles
People protest the appointment of Breitbart News head Steve Bannon to be chief strategist of the White House by President-elect Donald Trump on November 16, 2016, near City Hall in Los Angeles. The Breitbart website, with headlines like “Bill Kristol: Republican Spoiler, Renegade Jew,” is seen by critics as a haven for white supremacists.
Los Angeles
People protest against the appointment of Breitbart News head Stephen Bannon to be President-elect Trump’s chief strategist, near City Hall in Los Angeles on November 16, 2016.
Los Angeles
People march in protest to the appointment of white nationalist alt-right media mogul Steve Bannon to be President-elect Trump’s chief strategist, November 16, 2016, near City Hall in Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles
People protest President-elect Donald Trump on November 16, near City Hall in Los Angeles, Calif.
Chicago
Students at the University of Chicago participate in a walk-out and rally to protest President-elect Donald Trump on November 15, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois.
Huntington, W.Va.
In Huntington, W.Va., graffiti of a different sort was scrawled onto the sidewalk outside of a mosque on Twentieth Street.
“A major blow has been struck right here in Huntington, W.Va.,” wrote Bert Fulks on his blog. “Make no mistake, friends, this was a cataclysmic protest. ... I like to think it was a world-weary adult, fed up with the whole mess, who stepped out of the darkness with just enough childlike faith to believe that something so simple as loving your neighbor might actually be all it takes to make America great again.
“Call it a love protest.”
London
A man wearing a Donald Trump mask protests during a demonstration against climate change outside of the U.S. Embassy in London, November 18, 2016.
Some of President-elect Trump’s early picks for Cabinet and administration positions are also climate change deniers. Sen. Jeff Sessions (offered Attorney General) has voted against regulation of greenhouse gas emissions; Republican Congressman Mike Pompeo of Kansas (named CIA director) has denied the science of climate change, and voiced opposition to the Paris climate agreement; and Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn (National Security Advisor) complained that President Obama talked about climate change at a summit in Canada. Trump also named lobbyist Myron Ebell, a climate change denier with ties to the fossil fuel industry, to head his EPA transition team.
Paris
People hold banners and shout slogans against President-elect Donald Trump, in Paris, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. A few hundred critics of the U.S. President-elect have marched through Paris to express concern about his respect for human rights, women and minorities.
New York City
A man holds a sign with a swastika during a protest against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Manhattan, November 18, 2016.
Albuquerque, N.M.
University of New Mexico student LuzHilda Campos, left, and Chicano studies professor Irene Vasquez present a letter with hundreds of signatures on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, to school president Bob Frank asking him to declare the campus a “sanctuary university,” in Albuquerque, N.M. A group of professors at the largest university in the nation’s most Hispanic state are asking for more protection of immigrant students following the election of Republican Donald Trump.
Washington, D.C.
A protester outside the Trump International Hotel in Washington holds a placard protesting a conference of white nationalists, November 18, 2016. The conference, to be held this weekend at the nearby Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, is organized by the National Policy Institute, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated a hate group.
New York City
A demonstrator marches during a protest against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Manhattan, November 19, 2016.
In a post-election interview with Lesley Stahl of “60 Minutes,” President-elect Trump said he intended to nominate “pro-life” judges, and expected that, if Roe v. Wade were overturned, “it would go back to the states.”
Stahl said, “But then some women won’t be able to get an abortion?”
“Yeah, well, they’ll perhaps have to go, they’ll have to go to another state,” he replied.
New York City
Pro- and anti-Trump demonstrators, separated by barricades, protest in front of Trump Tower on November 20, 2016 in New York.
Seattle
Mary Bigelow of Seattle holds a sign as people gather to hold hands in protest of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, at Green Lake in Seattle, Washington on November 19, 2016.
Philadelphia
More than a thousand protesters demonstrate against President-elect Donald Trump at Thomas Paine Plaza November 19, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia
More than a thousand protesters demonstrate against President-elect Donald Trump at Thomas Paine Plaza November 19, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia
Robert Patton Jr. joins protesters marching on Market Street against President-elect Donald Trump November 19, 2016 in what was the second protest march of the day in Philadelphia. Activists plan to hold protests up through Inauguration Day.
On Wed., Nov. 16., Carl Higbie, a Trump supporter appearing on Fox News, cited the World War II-era internment of Japanese-Americans - one of the darkest chapters of American history - as a precedent for creating a registry of all Muslims living in the U.S.
The following day, Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, spoke in solidarity against any attempt to register Muslims, as Jews had been in Germany prior to World War II. “I pledge to you right here and now, because I care about the fight against anti-Semitism, that if one day in these United States, if one day Muslim-Americans will be forced to register their identities, then that is the day that this proud Jew will register as a Muslim,” he said.
Brooklyn
On Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, playground equipment in Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn, N.Y., was found spray-painted with swastikas and the message “Go Trump.”
On Sunday, hundreds of people, many with their children, joined with community leaders and Adam Horovitz, of the Beastie Boys (of which Yauch was a founding member), to condemn racism and intolerance.
Melbourne, Australia
Anti-racism demonstrators gather to counter-protest a Donald Trump victory rally, held by right-wing factions, outside State Parliament on November 20, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. The election of Donald Trump in America has sparked protests worldwide.