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mitty14u2

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Mon Jan 23, 2017, 07:14 PM Jan 2017

Women's March on Washington: Historic Protest Three Times Larger Than Trump's Inaugural Crowd



In one of the largest days of protest in U.S. history, millions took to the streets Saturday one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. The largest protest was the Women’s March on Washington, where more than 500,000 packed the streets. According to crowd scientists at Manchester Metropolitan University in Britain, the crowd was roughly three times the size of the audience at President Trump’s inauguration a day earlier.

Women-led marches took place in over 600 locations spread across seven continents—including Antarctica. In addition to Washington, massive protests took place in Boston; Chicago; Denver; Los Angeles; Madison, Wisconsin; New York; Oakland; Portland, Oregon; St. Paul; San Francisco and Seattle. According to one count, as many as 4.6 million people took part in the global day of action.

https://www.democracynow.org/2017/1/23/womens_march_millions_take_to_streets

If anyone thought they were alone in the fight against Trump millions took to the streets to show solidarity!
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Women's March on Washington: Historic Protest Three Times Larger Than Trump's Inaugural Crowd (Original Post) mitty14u2 Jan 2017 OP
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Foo Fighter

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1. Wow!
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 07:34 PM
Jan 2017

That means there were 4.5 million people at the D.C. march!

(Sorry. I couldn't resist.)

The show of solidarity around the world was truly incredible. What a great day!

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