Anti-Trump women’s rallies draw thousands

Thousands of protesters marched in Washington and elsewhere in the United States yesterday to protest Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee and to call for his defeat in the November 3 election. The rallies, which organisers said were taking place in all 50 states, were inspired by the first Women’s March in Washington, a huge anti-Trump rally held a day after his 2017 inauguration. Marchers also paid tribute to late Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg while protesting Trump’s choice of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace her.

Thousands of protesters marched in Washington and elsewhere in the United States yesterday to protest Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee and to call for his defeat in the November 3 election. The rallies, which organisers said were taking place in all 50 states, were inspired by the first Women’s March in Washington, a huge anti-Trump rally held a day after his 2017 inauguration.

But in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the demonstrations yesterday were considerably smaller.

Organisers urged people worried about in-person participation to join in a “socially distant text-banking telethon” aimed at sending 5mn messages encouraging people to vote.

Marchers also paid tribute to late Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – an icon for women and progressives – while protesting Trump’s choice of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace her.