NEW YORK — Demonstrators in both red and blue states hit the streets for another day Thursday to express their outrage over Donald Trump’s win, while the president-elect sniped back in a Twitter post.
Vocal demonstrations occurred from New York to Los Angeles and each typically drew a few hundred people, fewer than the thousands that gathered in various protests that surged after it became clear Trump had won Tuesday’s election.
Late Thursday night, Trump went on Twitter to take on the protesters. Trump tweets: “Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair!”
High school students marched through San Francisco’s downtown, chanting “not my president” and holding signs urging a Donald Trump eviction. They waved rainbow banners and Mexican flags, as bystanders in the heavily Democratic city high-fived the marchers from the sidelines.
“As a white, queer person, we need unity with people of color, we need to stand up,” said Claire Bye, a 15-year-old of Academy High School. “I’m fighting for my rights as an LGBTQ person. I’m fighting for the rights of brown people, black people, Muslim people.”
In New York City, a large group of demonstrators once again gathered outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue Thursday night. They chanted angry slogans and waved banners baring anti-Trump messages.
“You got everything straight up and down the line,” demonstrator David Thomas said. “You got climate change, you got the Iran deal. You got gay rights, you got mass deportations. Just everything, straight up and down the line, the guy is wrong on every issue.”
Protesters briefly shut down interstate highways in Minneapolis and Portland. In Philadelphia, protesters near City Hall held signs bearing slogans like “Not Our President,” “Trans Against Trump” and “Make America Safe For All.” About 500 people turned out at a protest in Louisville, Ky., and in Baltimore, hundreds of people marched to the stadium where the Ravens were playing a football game.
No arrests or violence were reported.
Trump supporters said the protesters were not respecting the democratic process.
