Filipinos join protest marches during Trump’s inauguration
WATCH: Filipino Americans at the Trump inauguration protest in San Francisco. VIC VALBUENA BARENG
SAN FRANCISCO — Scores of Filipino Americans joined protest marches during the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States. As in several cities in the US (and worldwide), protesters poured out into the streets in San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose in the Bay Area.
Members of Gabriela at the Trump inauguration protest in San Francisco. INQUIRER/Vic Bareng
More than 100,000 protesters in San Francisco marched from the Civic Center to Justin Herman Plaza at the end of Market Street, opposing the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and the possible mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, all parts of Trump’s declared agenda. The crowd was so bit it took about an hour for the rear of the march to join up with its front end.
Members and supporters of Filipino Advocates for Justice marching in Oakland to protest Trump’s inauguration. FACEBOOK
Across the Bay in Oakland, protesters in their thousands gathered at the Frank Ogawa Plaza before snaking through the streets of Downtown Oakland, carrying signs such as “Repeal and replace Trump” (a play on the GOP’s “repeal and replace Obamacare), “Not our president,” “We won’t go back to the 1950s.”
“This is what it looks in real life to say Trump lost the popular vote,” said a protester who was hurrying to join the march in San Francisco.
In Oakland, a child was seen with a poster that read, “Stop giving 3-year-olds a bad name.” Another small kid’s sign read, “Nobody likes you.”
Watch for MORE REPORTS/PHOTOS from other cities in the next few days.
