Following President-elect Donald Trump’s win over Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, multiple protests erupted Wednesday night in major cities across the United States.
Newsweek reported that left-wing protests were held on Wednesday in New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia in response to Trump’s win in the 2024 presidential election.
Videos from a protest held outside the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago show protesters chanting, “Donald Trump, you fascist clown.” Multiple protesters can be seen holding signs and banners, such as “Trump Out!” and “End the Trump Era.”
According to Newsweek, the protest outside the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago was planned as a protest against both the United States’ support for Israel against Hamas in Gaza and what protesters described as the “racist reactionary agenda” anticipated in the second Trump administration.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, The Chicago Alliance wrote, “This rally was called well before presidential election results as, regardless of the outcome, the genocide in Gaza won’t end as both the Democrats and Republicans have shown themselves to be united in their support of Israel in its genocide on Palestine.”
Newsweek reported that the Chicago protest organizers also said, “Now after another Trump victory, we continue resisting the racist reactionary agenda of his forthcoming administration, the ongoing U.S. funded genocide in Gaza, and the rise of the far right here in the U.S.”
In another post on X, a video and pictures showed several dozen individuals in Cadman Plaza Park in Brooklyn who gathered to protest against the president-elect. The protesters chanted, “Trump, hear us loud and clear, refugees are welcome here! Don’t give in to racist fear, immigrants are welcome here!”
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According to the social media post, the New York City protesters also chanted “for Palestine, women’s and trans rights, and peace, and against police violence and president-elect Trump.”
Another video shared on social media shows a protest in Philadelphia, where dozens of individuals gathered outside Philadelphia’s city hall following Trump’s win against Harris.
The Philly Socialist Alternative, who organized Wednesday’s protest, wrote, “FIGHT TRUMP AND THE FAR RIGHT!” in a post on Instagram.
“Trump and the far right pose a danger to working people in the US and around the globe,” the Philly Socialist Alternative added. “We urgently need to build a fightback, including strikes and walkouts, to fight Trump’s reactionary agenda of war, deportations, oppression, and bailouts for billionaires. It’s possible to fight the right, but we urgently need to start organizing now.”
