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Anti-Trump Protests Roll On as Aide Says 'Give Him a Chance'

by VOA News

   Thousands of people marched Sunday in protest of U.S. president-elect
   Donald Trump with signs and chants objecting to his statements and
   policy proposals on issues such as immigration and women's rights.

   The protests in major cities were smaller than those that took place
   Saturday, drawing on the scale of hundreds instead of thousands. But
   the rallies that began with Trump's election last week are promised to
   continue throughout the week and on to his inauguration in mid-January.

   New York saw more than 1,000 people march to Trump Tower in Manhattan.
   A Chicago building with the same name was the focus for a smaller crowd
   of protesters Sunday as well.

   In San Francisco, several hundred people met to protest Trump in Golden
   Gate Park, and Sunday night a group marched down the city's Market
   Street. Across San Francisco Bay, hundreds gathered in the city of
   Oakland to form a human chain around the 5.5 kilometer Lake Merritt.

   Hundreds of people also protested in Philadelphia, including a march to
   the area in front of Independence Hall where the country's founders
   debated and signed the Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
   Trump's election opponent, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton,
   also held a huge rally there with President Barack Obama the night
   before the vote.

   Demonstrators protest in response to the election of Republican Donald
   Trump as president of the United States in Philadelphia, Nov. 11, 2016.

   In addition to those opposing Trump's plans to deport undocumented
   immigrants, his lack of belief in climate change, his comments about
   Muslims and preference for Supreme Court justices who oppose abortion
   rights, the protests feature more general rejection in signs that read,
   "Not my president" and "Love trumps hate."

   Trump wrote Friday on Twitter that he loves that there are small groups
   who have a passion for the country and predicted, "We will all come
   together and be proud!"

   Still others have criticized those rallying against Trump. A Facebook
   group about a protest planned for Friday in New York drew comments such
   as, "You're not accomplishing anything" and "Get a life people."

   Demonstrators chant in protest against the election of Republican
   Donald Trump as President of the United States, at the Trump
   International Hotel & Tower in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nov. 12, 2016.

   "I just know that had he lost the election, as everyone I think -
   including the media - was expecting and these were Trump protesters,
   everybody's hair would be on fire asking them to accept the election
   results and do a peaceful transition in our government," Trump campaign
   manager Kellyanne Conway said Sunday on NBC's Meet The Press. "He said
   he'd be the president of people who hadn't supported him, too. And they
   should think about that and give him a chance."

   Clinton said in her concession speech last week that those who believe
   in America must accept the election result and look to the future.

   "Donald Trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and
   the chance to lead," she said.