Hundreds of protesters flooded the streets one day after President Trump won the 2024 presidential election.
Most of the protesters were connected to pro-Palestine activist groups.
Hatem Abudayyeh, who serves as the chair of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network, shared,
“We reject the policies of Trump, we reject the policies of the MAGA movement and the city of Chicago especially rejects it.”
Here are some videos of the protests:
BREAKING: Activists take to the streets of Chicago to protest Donald Trump being elected President. pic.twitter.com/NSujCfX91h
— Stu (@thestustustudio) November 7, 2024
BREAKING: Activists in Chicago are marching down Dearborn Street. Activists from a radical police abolition group, The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, hold a banner saying "End the Trump Era. Stop White Supremacy." pic.twitter.com/uYHFMBMEck
— Stu (@thestustustudio) November 7, 2024
Here’s what the Chicago Tribune reported:
Hundreds of people gathered in Chicago’s Federal Plaza Wednesday night less than a day after former President Donald Trump won his reelection bid to affirm their support for progressive policies like abortion access, immigrant rights and an end to U.S. military aid to Israel.
The protest, the first of what organizers promised would be many as the country sizes up a second term under Trump, echoed common refrains from the former president’s first term that condemned Trump’s rhetoric about women, immigrants and other groups. But they also accused Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, of abandoning progressive ideals they felt could have propelled them into the White House.
Many at the rally, organized by several groups who protested U.S. military aid to Israel at the Democratic National Convention, argued that the Democratic Party’s position on the Israel-Hamas war, among other policies, had undercut Harris’ chance at victory.
Hatem Abudayyeh, the chair of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network, said he and other activists were “bracing ourselves and our movement and our organizations for four years of protests.”
“We reject the policies of Trump, we reject the policies of the MAGA movement and the city of Chicago especially rejects it,” he said.
But he held Harris, Walz and the Democratic Party responsible for Trump’s win, saying they had taken key Democratic constituencies’ votes for granted and were feeling the electoral consequences.
Seriously, what is the point of an anti-Trump protest in places like Philadelphia and Chicago?
Harris received 79% of the vote in Philadelphia and 78% in Chicago. Your protest is only disrupting people who agree with you. 🙄pic.twitter.com/Bj4BegWbLY
— Ron Rule (@ronrule) November 7, 2024
Here’s what Newsweek reported:
Protests against President-elect Donald Trump took place in several cities across the country on Wednesday.
Trump secured victory over Vice President Kamala Harris when he surpassed the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the election. Trump is also on track to win the popular vote, the first Republican presidential candidate to do so since George W. Bush in 2004.
In a victory speech before the official declaration, he pledged to “put our country first” and bring about a “golden age” for America.
On Wednesday night, demonstrators took to the streets in Chicago, New York and Philadelphia to protest Trump’s win.
BREAKING NOW 🚨 crooked democrats have hired thousands of parasites and haters to take on the streets to protest Trump’s Victory in Chicago.
Arrest these evil swines!!!
Enemies of America!!
— Galactic Worrior (@BigPoppaGG) November 7, 2024
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