Protests are happening in Washington for women’s reproductive rights and other causes they believe are under threat from the incoming Trump administration.
The protests were organised by several groups, including the organisers of the Women’s March and Planned Parenthood.
Trump is in the capital for a series of events before being sworn in on Monday.
President-elect Donald Trump said he’s planning to sign a “record-setting” number of executive actions when he takes office, and that mass deportations and a trip to Los Angeles to visit the wildfire damage will be on the agenda in his first week in office.
Trump defeated candidates who each would have been the first female US president: Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Kamala Harris last year. This time, Trump won all seven battleground states to secure the Electoral College needed for the presidency, and carried the popular vote in a first for Republicans in two decades.
Trump has vowed to make sweeping changes on day one, from immigration raids to dismantling parts of the federal government.
Protests against Trump in Washington in the past
Women outraged over Trump’s 2016 presidential win flocked to Washington in 2017 and organised large protests in cities throughout the country, building the base of a grassroots movement that became known as the Women’s March.
The Washington rally alone attracted over 500,000 marchers, and millions more participated in local marches around the country, marking one of the largest single-day demonstrations in US history.
