00:00People have come out today to participate in this People's March for a wide variety
00:07of reasons.
00:08They're concerned about reproductive rights under the Trump administration, about LGBTQI
00:13rights.
00:14They're also protesting against the war in Gaza, for example.
00:19They're concerned about immigrants' rights given Donald Trump's stated intention to carry
00:24out mass deportations.
00:25It's a significant turnout here, but it's a lot less than came in 2017 when the Women's
00:34March was held one day after Donald Trump was inaugurated for his first term.
00:40That was considered the biggest single day of protest in the U.S.
00:44These numbers are far below that, but the organizers say that doesn't matter.
00:49They're not concerned about making even bigger, even better events, but they want to show
00:54their opposition to this new administration.
00:57I don't like Donald Trump, but I don't like any of them.
01:00I think he is a symptom rather than the cause.
01:03We came today to stand for democracy.
01:06I think that Trump is leading us down a pretty dangerous path.
01:09It's almost like he wants to be above the law.
01:12He has no respect for international law, domestic law.
01:17I'm concerned about the poor, about our migrant brothers and sisters.
01:21The thing that almost always brings me to protest is gun violence and gun safety and
01:25having some sort of sensible gun laws that protect families and children.
01:29This is taking place two days before Donald Trump has sworn in for his second term, and
01:35those plans have been thrown into disarray.
01:38He was supposed to be inaugurated further up here on the wall because of freezing cold
01:44temperatures predicted for the capital for Monday.
01:47That event will now take place indoors.
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