Protests in Center City Lash Back at Trump Presidency

Citizens of the United States are mad over the election of Donald Trump, as the sheer number of protests coast to coast showed yesterday and last night. Trump won the Electoral College, but Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, one fact that inflamed protesters. There is also the fact that Trump has made sexist, racist, and generally bigoted comments throughout the candidacy process.

Anti-Trump protesters took to the streets of Center City to rail against the president-elect.

Protesters took to the streets of Center City around 7 in the evening, according to NBC 10. Some of the groups marching were Socialist Alternative Philadelphia, 15 Now Philadelphia, 15 Now Temple University, and Movement for the 99%. They were joined by other local groups and lone activists. Protesters said that they were united by feelings of unrest and anger at the results of the presidential election.

“Trump ran on a right populist platform propped up by racism, xenophobia, sexism, and anti-LGBTQ sentiments, but the Democratic Party clearly showed that it could not provide solutions for the problems facing the country,” an event organizer wrote. “This event calls for a united movement of the 99% to defeat the right and build real working class power. Joined together we can show that these racist, sexist, oppressive ideas have no place in our society.”