- Title: Hundreds of anti-Trump protesters demonstrate outside White House
- Date: 9th November 2016
- Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 9, 2016) (REUTERS) **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** **** WARNING CONTAINS PROFANITY **** CROWD GATHERED OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE HOLDING UP BANNERS AND CLIMBING ON TREES VARIOUS OF CROWD AND MAN HOLDING UP BANNER READING 'WELCOME TO HELL' VARIOUS OF CROWD HOLDING BANNERS WHILE CHANTING 'FUCK DONALD TRUMP' VARIOUS OF CROWD GATHERED OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE HOLDING UP BANNERS AND CLIMBING ON TREES (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANTI-TRUMP PROTESTER DINA SAYING: "Fuck Donald Trump, because we were so close to having our first ever woman president and we have a guy that is a White Nationalist and he's currently leading in the polls and in winning and it's just disgusting to me and I've seen this happen with Brexit and I've seen this happen around the world and it's just so saddening to me that this could possibly happen to our nation. A nation that I find so great and so beautiful, that something like this could happen." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANTI-TRUMP PROTESTER JENNIFER PACICO SAYING: "I feel extremely disappointed. I'm definitely not proud of the decision but I think we just need to, like every election, come together and you know move forward and do what's best for the nation." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANTI-TRUMP PROTESTER RAY SAYING: "I'm feeling pretty shocked honestly because I didn't think Trump was going to win. I don't think anybody really did. I don't know, I'm always kinda believed the polls are always right so, they're not." CROWD GATHERED OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE HOLDING UP BANNERS AND CLIMBING ON TREES
- Embargoed: 24th November 2016 08:16
- Keywords: Donald Trump Reactions crowds United States Elections 2016
- Location: WASHINGTON, D.C, UNITED STATES
- City: WASHINGTON, D.C, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA00157Q447B
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A largely anti-Trump crowd of about four or five hundred people stood outside the White House early Wednesday (November 9) morning, many visibly in shock or tears at the real estate developer's stunning upset. Some carried Hillary Clinton campaign posters and others carried signs that read "Welcome to hell" and "America's gonna hate again."
Part of the crowd began chanting "Fuck Donald Trump" minutes after Republican Donald Trump stunned the world on Tuesday by defeating heavily favored Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House, ending eight years of Democratic rule and sending the United States on a new, uncertain path.
"Fuck Donald Trump, because we were so close to having our first ever woman president and we have a guy that is a White Nationalist and he's currently leading in the polls and in winning and it's just disgusting to me and I've seen this happen with Brexit and I've seen this happen around the world and it's just so saddening to me that this could possibly happen to our nation." Said a frustrated protester called Dina.
"I feel extremely disappointed. I'm definitely not proud of the decision but I think we just need to, like every election, come together and you know move forward and do what's best for the nation," added Jennifer Paccico another protester outside the White House.
Victorious in a cliffhanger race that opinion polls had forecast was Clinton's to win, Trump won avid support among a core base of white non-college educated workers with his promise to be the "greatest jobs president that God ever created."
"I'm feeling pretty shocked honestly because I didn't think Trump was going to win. I don't think anybody really did. I don't know, I've always believed the polls are always right so, they're not," said a protester named Ray.
A wealthy real-estate developer and former reality TV host, Trump rode a wave of anger toward Washington insiders to defeat Clinton, whose gold-plated establishment resume includes stints as a first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state.
His win raises a host of questions for the United States at home and abroad. He campaigned on a pledge to take the country on a more isolationist, protectionist "America First" path. He has vowed to impose a 35 percent tariff on goods exported to the United States by U.S. companies that went abroad.
Both candidates, albeit Trump more than Clinton, had historically low popularity ratings in an election that many voters characterized as a choice between two unpleasant alternatives. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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