‘Not My Presidents Day’ Rallies Bring Thousands to the Streets
A broad range of activists opposed to the month-old Trump administration used Monday’s Presidents Day holiday to hold “Not My Presidents Day” rallies nationwide.
While most government workers, school employees and students enjoyed a day off due to the federal holiday, events took place in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and as many as two dozen other communities, organizers said.
In New York, hundreds of protesters gathered shortly after noon near Columbus Circle, home to a statue of Christopher Columbus and the Trump International Hotel and Tower, which was blockaded by police. At the southwest corner of Central Park, nearly opposite the hotel, protesters chanted “Hey hey, ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go!” Thousands more gathered in the streets nearby in anticipation of being allowed to march south.
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