Women urge voters to reject Donald Trump in day of protest

17 October 2020, 19:34

Demonstrators rally during the Women’s March outside the New York Stock Exchange (Mary Altaffer/AP)
Women’s March. Picture: PA

Marchers in Washington DC and elsewhere made it clear that they want a new occupant in the White House.

A mostly young, diverse crowd of masked women rallied in the nation’s capital, Washington DC, exhorting voters to oppose President Donald Trump and his fellow Republican candidates in the November 3 elections.

The latest of rallies that began with a massive women’s march the day after Mr Trump’s January 2017 inauguration was playing out during the coronavirus pandemic, and demonstrators were asked to wear face coverings and practice social distancing.

Rachel O’Leary Carmona, executive director of the Women’s March, opened the event by asking people to keep their distance from one another, saying that the only superspreader event would be the recent one at the White House.

Demonstrators rally during the Women’s March at Freedom Plaza, Washington (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
Demonstrators rally during the Women’s March at Freedom Plaza, Washington (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

She talked about the power of women to end Mr Trump’s presidency.

“His presidency began with women marching and now it’s going to end with woman voting. Period,” she said.

Dozens of other rallies were planned from New York to San Francisco to signal opposition to Trump and his policies, including the push to fill the seat of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before election day.

One march was being held at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, outside the dormitory where Ms Bader Ginsburg lived as an undergraduate student.

People rally in Washington DC (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
People rally in Washington DC (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

In Washington, Sonja Spoo, director of reproductive rights campaigns at Ultraviolet, said she has to chuckle when she hears reporters ask Mr Trump whether he will accept a peaceful transfer of power if he loses his reelection bid.

“When we vote him out, come November 3, there is no choice,” said Ms Spoo.

“Donald Trump will not get to choose whether he stays in power.”

“That is not his power, that is our power. … We are the hell and high water,” she said.

By Press Association

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