Timeline of protests against Donald Trump

The following is a timeline of protests against Donald Trump.

People taking part of the 2017 Women's March on DC the day after Donald Trump's inauguration.

Protesters at the inauguration of Donald Trump

Protests during Trump's campaign

2015

Protests against Trump began following the announcement of his candidacy in June 2015, especially after he said that illegal immigrants from Mexico were "bringing drugs, bringing crime, they're rapists".

• June 16 - Trump announced his candidacy for President of the United States
• June 17 – At Trump's first rally in New Hampshire, three protesters entered the rally and held up signs. This was the first documented protest of the campaign.
• June 29 – At a luncheon in Chicago, about 100 protesters gathered across from the City Club of Chicago to demonstrate.

A protest against Trump at the future Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. on July 9, 2015

• July 9 – In Washington, D.C., a group of protesters gathered outside of the future Trump International Hotel Washington D.C. to demonstrate and "call for a worldwide boycott of Trump properties and TV shows".
• July 10 – While Trump spoke at a Friends of Abe gathering, about 150 protesters gathered with signs and hitting piñatas made in Trump's image. A smaller group of Trump supporters gathered near the protests and caused tension, with one Trump supporter beginning to jab at protesters.
• July 12 – Protesters interrupted Trump at a speech in Phoenix, Arizona, with a large sign and were later escorted out while Trump supporters chanted "U-S-A!".
• July 23 – Trump arrived in Laredo, Texas, and was greeted by protesters while others gathered in support.
• August 11 – About 150 protesters gathered in Birch Run, Michigan outside of a rally at the Birch Run Expo Center, gathered by the Democratic Party of Michigan due to what they called "anti-immigrant, anti-veteran statements" made by Trump.
• August 25 – During a press conference, Univision anchor Jorge Ramos began to question Trump since before being called on. After being told "Sit down! you weren't called" and "Go back to Univision", Ramos continued to protest Trump's plan to deport illegal immigrants and their children born into citizenship in the U.S. Trump motioned to his security, with Keith Schiller removing Ramos from the event. Trump later met with Ramos alone.
• September 3 – Trump's chief of security, Keith Schiller, was filmed punching a protester.
• October 14 – In Richmond, Virginia, several clashes broke out between protesters and Trump supporters.
• November 7 – Over 200 protesters, many of them Latino, demonstrated outside of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, where Trump was hosting Saturday Night Live.
• December 4 – After being interrupted ten times during a speech in Raleigh, North Carolina, Trump ended his rally.
• December 12 – Multiple protesters heckled Trump during a rally in Aiken, South Carolina.
• December 22 – Trump's speech was interrupted more than ten times at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with dozens of protesters being ejected. Trump characterized the protesters as "drugged out", antagonized them by calling them "so weak for not fighting security", and asked protesters why they interrupted him "in a group of 9,000 maniacs that want to kill them".

2016

During the Republican primaries

See also: Stop Trump movement

Trump protest in Lowell, Massachusetts, January 2016

• January 4 – Protesters interrupted Trump several times in Lowell, Massachusetts, with some chanting support for Bernie Sanders and the Black Lives Matter movement.
• January 8 – During Trump's visit to Burlington, Vermont, about 700 protesters demonstrated in the City Hall Park.
• February 27 – In Valdosta, Georgia, 30 Valdosta State University students were asked to leave a college venue leased by the Trump campaign for a speech.
• February 29 – At a rally, veteran photojournalist Chris Morris was grabbed by his throat and thrown to the ground by a member of the Secret Service.

Trump rally at UIC Pavilion in Chicago on March 11, 2016, immediately after news of Trump's cancellation of attendance of the event. Many protesters cheer "Bernie!" to show their support for Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders.

• March 1 – Kashiya Nwanguma attended a Trump rally in Louisville, Kentucky, with two anti-Trump signs. She reported that Trump supporters ripped her signs away and shouted insults at her.
• March 10 – As Trump was being led by police from a rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, a protester was punched by a Trump supporter. Charges of assault and battery were filed by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office. A protester being led by police from a rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, was sucker punched by John McGraw, a Trump supporter. McGraw later told the media that the next time he saw the protester, "we might have to kill him." McGraw was subsequently charged with assault and battery. On Meet the Press, Trump said that he had instructed his team to look into paying McGraw's legal fees and said, "He obviously loves his country."
• March 11 – During a rally in St. Louis, at which Trump was "repeatedly interrupted by protesters, violence broke out between supporters of Trump and protesters, resulting in 32 arrests." A planned event for later that day in Chicago drew confrontations between supporters and protesters in the arena at the University of Illinois at Chicago before Trump could come out to speak, due to an unusually large amount of protesters, and the campaign cancelled the rally due to safety concerns. Trump stated that he made the decision himself, commenting, "I didn't want to see people get hurt [so] I decided to postpone the rally."
• March 12 – Thomas Dimassimo, a 32-year-old man, attempted to rush the stage as Trump was speaking at a rally in Dayton, Ohio. Dimassimo was stopped by Secret Service agents and subsequently charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct and inducing panic.
• March 13 – Trump refused to take responsibility for clashes at his campaign events, criticized protesters who have dogged his rallies, and demanded that police begin to arrest rally protesters. His Kansas City rally was interrupted repeatedly by protesters in the arena while protesters outside the event were pepper sprayed by police. In an effort to dissuade future protesters, Trump may begin to request that protesters be arrested "[b]ecause then their lives are going to be ruined."
• March 17 – During an interview with CNN, Trump predicted "you'd have riots" if were denied the Republican nomination despite having the most delegates at the convention.
• March 18 – Between 500 and 600 people engaged in a standoff outside of a rally in Salt Lake City, Utah. Police officers formed a human barricade to separate the two groups, who largely remained nonviolent. Toward the end of the rally, protesters tore down a security tent at a Trump rally in Utah and threw rocks at rally attendees as they left. Two people unsuccessfully attempted to breach the entrance of the venue. Secret Service officers secured the inside of the venue and roughly 40 police officers in riot gear repelled the protesters from entering the building. No arrests were made.
• March 19 – Thousands of anti-Trump protesters in New York chanted "Fuck Trump!" and "Donald Trump! Go away!" as they rallied around the Trump International Tower building near 60th St. and Columbus Circle. The group was followed by dozens of NYPD officers who lined the streets with metal barricades and blocked the protesters path as they tried to cross busy intersections. After violence broke out, police pepper-sprayed the crowd, whom police refused to let cross the street. During a simultaneous protest, protesters blocked a highway leading to Trump's Fountain Hills, Arizona rally, leading to three arrests. During a separate rally in Tucson, Arizona later that night, a black Trump supporter was arrested after punching and stomping a white protester who had donned a Ku Klux Klan hood.

Protests in New York City on April 14, 2016. One banner reads "Fuck UR Wall", denouncing Trump's policy on immigration.

• April 14 – Hundreds of protesters gathered in a New York City Hyatt hotel against the wishes of the hotel staff.
• April 28 – Several hundred protesters in Costa Mesa, California, clashed with police and Trump supporters outside the OC Fair & Event Center, where Trump was holding a rally. Seventeen people were arrested and five police cars were damaged.
• April 29 – Around 1,000 to 3,000 protested in the area surrounding Burlingame, California, where Trump was to give a speech at the California GOP convention. Protesters rushed security gates at one point. Activists blocked a main intersection outside the event and vandalized a police car. Eventually, the police restored order in the area. For safety reasons, Trump himself was forced to climb over a wall and enter through a back entrance of the venue.
• May 1 – Thousands of May Day demonstrators marched in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, some speaking out in support of workers and immigrants, others criticizing Trump. LAPD Sergeant Barry Montgomery told The Los Angeles Times that no one was arrested. Some protesters carried a big inflatable figure of Trump holding a Ku Klux Klan hood in his right hand.

After Trump won the primaries

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An effigy seen in San Diego on show of May 26, 2016, featuring Trump with the word "Bigot" taped on while wearing a sombrero and holding a Mexican flag

See also: Attempted assassination of Donald Trump

• May 7 – Protesters shouting "Love Trumps Hate" met Trump supporters before his second rally in Washington. Many protesters outside spoke out against Trump's words and policy stances regarding women, Hispanics, and Muslims, including his plan to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. Later in the day, a group of protesters blocked a road near where Trump was supposed to speak, hoping to keep him from reaching the location. According to authorities, "a small number of arrests" were made.
• May 24 – Following a rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, protesters began throwing rocks and bottles at police and police horses, smashed a glass door at the convention center, and burned a number of Trump signs and flags, filling the street with smoke. Video footage of the incident also showed protesters jumping on top of several police cars.
• May 25 – Anti-Trump protesters were arrested after clashing with Trump supporters in Anaheim.
• May 27 – Anti-Trump protesters clashed with Trump supporters and with police after a Trump rally ended in San Diego. Protesters waved Mexican flags and signs supporting Bernie Sanders. Some protesters were arrested when they attempted to push past railings separating them from the Convention Center where Trump was speaking. The clashes, largely verbal and resulting in no injuries or property damage, began after the Trump rally ended and his supporters poured into the street. Individuals on both sides shouted and threw trash and the occasional punch, but no injuries or property damage were reported. Police then declared the protest an illegal assembly and ordered the crowd to disperse. Further arrests were made when some members of the crowd failed to disperse. A total of 35 people were arrested in that protest.
• June 2 – Protests and riots occurred outside a Trump rally in San Jose, California. During a series of protests, hundreds of anti-Trump protesters waving Mexican flags climbed on cars, and harassed supporters of Donald Trump. There were reports of violence including instances of bottles being thrown and assaults against Trump supporters. A police officer was assaulted. At least one American flag was burned by protesters. Video footage went viral of a female Trump supporter being pelted by eggs thrown by protesters.
• June 3 – Vox suspended writer Emmett Rensin for allegedly inciting anti-Trump violence at protests.
• June 10 – Anti-Trump protesters and Trump supporters clashed outside a rally in Richmond, Virginia. One Trump supporter was punched and several protesters were pushed to the ground by police. Five people were arrested but only one was charged.
• June 16 – A photographer for the Dallas Advocate was hit on head with a rock that had been thrown from a crowd outside a Dallas rally that included both Trump supporters and protesters.
• June 19 – During a rally in Las Vegas, Michael Sandford, a 20-year-old British national, was arrested for assault and held in the county jail until he was arraigned in federal court and charged with "an act of violence on restricted grounds". He was accused of attempting to seize a police officer's firearm and later claiming he intended to kill Trump. A British citizen, he was in the U.S. illegally and is being held without bond. He has since then pleaded guilty to federal charges of being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm and disrupting an official function.
• July 1 – Three people were arrested after a conflict occurred between Trump supporters and anti-Trump protesters outside the Western Conservative Summit. According to The Gazette, a man grabbed pro-Trump bumper stickers from a woman selling them outside Denver's convention center, ripped some of them, and threw them in her face. A pushing match then ensued, with many people spilling into the street.

After the official nomination

Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star was destroyed in October 2016

• August 4 – Protesters stood silently among seated attendees at a Portland, Maine Trump rally, and held up pocket Constitutions, in reference to Khizr Khan's DNC speech days earlier. The protesters were ejected from the rally.
• August 19 – Protesters harassed, pushed, and spit on Trump supporters outside a fundraising event in Minneapolis.
• August 31 – A group of approximately 500 people protested in downtown Phoenix, Arizona chanting and hitting a Trump piñata. There were no arrests, although police had to usher two anti-Trump protesters off the sidewalk where speech-goers for a Trump rally entered the Phoenix Convention Center, saying that the protesters were causing conflict with the Trump supporters.
• October 10 – Dave Eggers and Jordan Kurland launched the all-star music project 30 Days, 30 Songs, scheduled to publish one song per day advocating against Donald Trump. Due to overwhelming response of more artists, the project was meanwhile renamed and rescheduled to 30 Days, 40 Songs and 30 Days, 50 Songs. Musicians include stars like R.E.M., Moby, Franz Ferdinand, Jimmy Eat World, Loudon Wainwright and many others.
• October 18 – Dozens of women, some of whom were victims of sexual assault, gathered in front of Trump Tower on a Tuesday morning to begin a series of protests across the nation pushing women to leave the Republican party and un-endorse Donald Trump. Dressed in black, the protesters sat in front of Trump Tower holding signs such as "Grab my pussy, muthafucker I dare you" and "Don't tread on my pussy" in reference to the Donald Trump and Billy Bush recording.
• October 26 – Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was destroyed with a sledgehammer and a pickaxe. The man responsible pleaded no contest to one count of felony vandalism and was sentenced to three years of probation in February 2017.
• November 5 – During a rally at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada, Trump was rushed off stage by Secret Service agents when someone yelled "gun" while others tried to take a protester's anti-Trump sign. The protester was questioned and found to have no weapons on him. Trump returned minutes later to resume his rally.

Post-election protests

March against Trump in Saint Paul, Minnesota on November 9

Following the announcement of Trump's election victory, large protests broke out across the United States including other countries such as Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Philippines, Australia, Israel with some continuing for several days, and more protests planned for the following weeks and months.

Protest outside Trump Tower, Chicago on November 9, 2016

• November 9

Locations of protests against Donald Trump on November 9, 2016
Atlanta Ann Arbor Chicago Cleveland Dallas Dallas Detroit Houston Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami Nashville New York Oakland Omaha Philadelphia Phoenix Portland Portland Providence Reno Richmond San Diego San Francisco San Jose Salt Lake City Seattle Syracuse Washington, D.C. Winston-Salem Des Moines

Thousands of protesters took to the street in Chicago. Chicago Tribune explains that the protest was "relatively peaceful" and was "devoid of any of the heavy vandalism of effigy burning that occurred elsewhere." Five people were arrested altogether.

• Atlanta, Georgia
• Boston, Massachusetts
• Cleveland, Ohio
• Dallas, Texas
• Detroit, Michigan
• Houston, Texas
• Los Angeles, California
• Miami, Florida
• New York City, New York
• Oakland, California
• Omaha, Nebraska
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Portland, Oregon
• Richmond, Virginia
• San Diego, California
• San Francisco, California
• San Jose, California
• Seattle, Washington
• Washington, D.C.
• Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Protests also occurred at various universities, including:

• Arizona State University
• Fisk University
• University of Kentucky
• University of Michigan
• University of Pittsburgh

High school and college students walked out of classes to protest. The protests were mostly peaceful, although at some protests fires were lit, flags were burned, and a Trump piñata was burned.

Celebrities such as Madonna, Cher, and Lady Gaga took part in New York. Some protesters took to blocking freeways in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Portland, Oregon, and were dispersed by police in the early hours of the morning. One protester was hit by a car. In a number of cities, protesters were dispersed with rubber bullets, pepper spray and bean-bags fired by police. While protests ended at 3:00 a.m. in New York City, calls were made to continue the protests over the coming days.

• November 10

Protesters gathered at Trump Tower in New York on November 10.

Protests in Madison, Wisconsin

"Love Trumps Hate" was a common slogan, as here at the Idaho State Capitol.

As Trump held the first transition meeting with President Obama at the White House, protesters were outside. Protests continued in cities across the United States. International protests were held in London, Vancouver, and Manila. Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani called protesters "a bunch of spoiled cry-babies." Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti expressed understanding of the protests and praised those who peacefully wanted to make their voices heard.

In Austin, Texas, a young girl rallied protesters behind the mantra: "I am a female, I am mixed race, I am a child and I cannot vote. But that will not stop me from getting heard" after which chants of "Love is love, and love trumps hate" followed. In Los Angeles, protesters continued blocking freeways. A peaceful protest turned violent when a small group began rioting and attacking police in Portland, Oregon. The protests in Portland attracted over 4,000 people and remained largely peaceful, but took to the highway and blocked traffic. Acts of vandalism including a number of smashed windows, vandalized vehicles, and a dumpster fire caused police to declare a riot. Protesters tried to retain the peaceful nature of the protest and chanted "peaceful protest".

Protests were held in the following cities:

• Chicago, Illinois
• Dallas, Texas
• Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Greensboro, North Carolina
• Louisville, Kentucky
• Madison, Wisconsin
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Minneapolis, Minnesota
• New York City, New York
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Pittsburg, California
• Portland, Oregon
• Richmond, Virginia
• Tampa, Florida

Numerous petitions were started to prevent Trump from taking office; including a Change.org petition started by Elijah Berg of North Carolina requesting that faithless electors in states that Trump won vote for Clinton instead, which surpassed three million signatures.

• November 11

Protests occurred in the following cities:

• Anchorage, Alaska
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Bakersfield, California
• Burlington, Vermont
• Columbia, South Carolina
• Columbus, Ohio
• Dallas, Texas
• Denver, Colorado
• Des Moines, Iowa
• Eugene, Oregon
• Fort Worth, Texas
• Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Iowa City, Iowa
• Los Angeles, California
• Nashville, Tennessee
• New Haven, Connecticut
• New York, New York
• Olympia, Washington
• Orlando, Florida
• Royal Oak, Michigan
• San Antonio, Texas

Protests also occurred at the following schools:

• Ohio State University
• State University of New York at New Paltz
• Texas State University
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• University of Massachusetts Amherst
• University of Miami
• University of North Carolina, Greensboro
• University of North Carolina, Wilmington
• University of Pacific
• University of Rochester
• Vanderbilt University
• Virginia Commonwealth University
• Wayne State University
• Wesleyan University

A protest also occurred at the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel. The American and Mexican national soccer teams also posed together in a Unity Wall in response to Trump's election before their World Cup qualifying match in Columbus, Ohio.

Michael Moore at the march against Trump, New York City, November 12, 2016

• November 12

News report about the protests in Los Angeles on November 12 from Voice of America

During a peaceful march in Oregon in the early hours of November 12, one protester was shot by an unknown assailant. Police in Portland, Oregon, said that they arrested over than twenty people after protesters refused to disperse.

Protesters at an anti-Trump rally in Indianapolis on November 12

On the first weekend day after the election, a march of over 10,000 people in Los Angeles went from MacArthur Park and shut down the busy Wilshire Blvd corridor. In New York City, another crowd cited by NBC News as 25,000 marched from Union Square to Trump Tower. In Chicago, thousands of people marched through The Loop. In Indianapolis, about 500 people gathered at the Statehouse, then proceeded to march downtown. Protesters split off into several groups, some of which moved to the streets and blocked traffic. Some protesters were allegedly throwing rocks at police officers, who responded by firing non-lethal weapons.

International protests also occurred in cities such as Berlin, Germany, Melbourne, Australia and Perth, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand.

• November 13

Protests continued in the following cities:

• Chicago, Illinois
• Denver, Colorado
• Erie, Pennsylvania
• Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Los Angeles, California
• Manchester, New Hampshire
• New Haven, Connecticut
• New York City, New York
• Oakland, California
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Royal Oak, Michigan
• San Francisco, California
• Springfield, Massachusetts
• San Antonio, Texas

International protests occurred in cities including Toronto, Canada, where about a thousand people gathered in Nathan Phillips Square.

Anti-Trump protest in Silver Spring, Maryland

• November 14

• A group of 40 protesters in Washington, D.C. staged a sit-in at the office of prospective Senate minority leader Charles Schumer, in an effort to change Democratic leadership and prevent the party's collaboration with Trump. Seventeen arrests were made at that sit-in.
• At a small protest at Ohio State University, protest leader Timothy Adams was attacked from behind and knocked down to the steps he was standing on, breaking his bullhorn and glasses.
• Several school districts experienced walkouts from high school students, many of them too young to have voted.

Wilson High School students protest outside Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C. News report from Voice of America.

• November 15 – Protests occurred in the following cities and universities:

• Akron, Ohio
• Beltsville, Maryland
• Kalamazoo, Michigan
• Montgomery County, Maryland
• New York City
• Santa Barbara, California
• Washington, D.C.
• La Salle University
• Penn State University
• Rutgers University
• St. Mary's College of California
• Stanford University
• University of California, Riverside
• University of Chicago
• University of Illinois at Chicago

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Protesters in Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

• November 16

• Student protests continued for a third day in Montgomery County, Maryland.
• Students around the country walked out of classes in an effort to push their schools to declare themselves a "sanctuary campus" from Trump's planned immigration policy of mass deportations. The Stanford, Rutgers, and St. Mary's protests on November 15 were among the first. Rutgers President Robert Barchi responded that the school will protect the privacy of its undocumented immigrants. California State University Chancellor Timothy P. White made a similar affirmation. Iowa State University reaffirmed continuation of their already existing policy.
• Around 350 Harvard University faculty members signed a letter urging the administration to denounce hate speech, protect student privacy, reaffirm admissions and financial aid policies and to make the university a sanctuary. One of the first to sign the letter was Henry Louis Gates Jr.
• The letters of Trump's name were removed from three buildings in Manhattan, including Trump Place due to angered residents.

• November 17

Protest in Mission District, San Francisco, California on November 17

• In the early morning in Los Angeles, protesters chanted "Fire Bannon" in reference to Trump appointing Steve Bannon as chief White House strategist and senior counselor on Sunday. Bannon denied accusations of his being a white nationalist, saying "I'm a nationalist."
• Two students were arrested at a protest at the University of Pittsburgh
• A rally was held at the University of Miami
• Around 100 students protested at Portland State University

• November 18

Anti-Trump protest in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on November 18

• Various protests occurred in Augusta, Maine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Cleveland, Ohio, Prince George's County, Maryland, Sacramento, California, and Washington, D.C.
• Vice President-elect Mike Pence attended the musical Hamilton in New York City, where he was addressed by the cast.

• November 19

Protesters in Chicago on November 19, Marching toward Trump Tower Chicago

Protesters at an anti-Trump rally in San Francisco

Philadelphia anti-Trump Rally on November 19, 2016

• About 3,000 formed a hand holding ring around Green Lake in Seattle, Washington.
• In Chicago, approximately 2,000 protesters marched from Federal Plaza to Trump Tower Chicago.
• Several hundred protesters rallied and marched in downtown San Francisco.
• In New York City, three separate protests converged on the heavily secured area surrounding Trump Tower in New York City, where security guided them into a demonstration pen that had been erected outside of the president elect's offices and residence. One group marched from Queens. One group protesting Trump's appointment of Bannon marched from Washington Square Park. A smaller but more dramatic group wearing stage special effects makeup of wounds and scars, marched from Union Square to indicate the damage a Trump administration will have on "marginalized people" including women.
• International protests occurred in Toronto, Canada; Melbourne, Australia; and Paris, France.

• November 20

• A 69-year-old man dressed in a U.S. Marine uniform set himself alight in the Highland Square in Akron, Ohio, after ranting about the need to protest Trump's election. He was hospitalized in stable condition.
• A protest in Brooklyn Heights attracted Adam Horovitz to Adam Yauch Park (a park named after his late-Beastie Boys bandmate), where multiple spray-painted swastikas and the message “Go Trump" had been discovered two days before. At the protest, Horovitz released a statement against Trump.
• An anti-Trump group called "Not Up For Grabs: Portland" marched in Portland, Oregon.
• During a live performance on the American Music Awards of 2016, Green Day performed their new song Bang Bang. In the middle of the song, lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong included the anti-Trump chant "No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA!"

• November 21

• A rally was held outside the Rhode Island State House in Providence, Rhode Island.
• A protest was held in front of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio.
• Protests continued outside Portland City Hall in Portland, Oregon, and a march was held later in the evening.

• November 22 – Students at Christopher Newport University protested.

Protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota on November 23

• November 23 – A protest occurred in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The protesters called for President Obama to pardon all immigrants before the end of his term.
• November 25 – On Black Friday, protesters blocked entrances to stores on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago.
• November 26 – A small protest occurred at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, Oregon. Protester Bobby Lang said, "It's either sit in horror or go out and do things."
• November 27 – A protest occurred at the Nebraska State Capitol building. The crowd was estimated at around 200 people.
• December 8 – There was controversy about the inaugural permitting for protests. Hundreds of thousands of people have organized on Facebook to attend. Partnership for Civil Justice Fund for the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition has a lawsuit pending about protest near the Trump Hotel.
• December 18 – On International Migrants Day approximately 2,000 people marched peacefully in downtown Los Angeles against Trump's policies on immigration, the environment and healthcare.
• December 19 – On the day the United States Electoral College convened protests were held at numerous state capitols, including but not limited to those of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Tennessee, and Idaho.
• January 3 – Five men, including NAACP president Cornell William Brooks, and one woman held a sit-in at Jeff Sessions' office in Mobile, Alabama, intending to stay until Sessions withdrew his name for consideration as United States Attorney General or they were arrested. The sit-in started at 11:00 AM and ended at 6:30 PM when the protesters were arrested.
• January 14 – About 2,000 protesters, most of them African-American, marched through rain near the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial to demand protection of civil rights and voting rights.
• January 19
  • The night before the inauguration, hundreds of people protested outside the Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York City.
  • During the DeploraBall in Washington, D.C., hundreds of anti-Trump protesters demonstrated outside of the National Press Building.

Protests during the presidency

Protest in Chicago on January 20

• January 20 – Fifty women from El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, demonstrated against the proposed wall and the Trump Administration immigration policies by standing on the US/Mexico border, linked by hands and braiding scarves or hair together between 7am and 9am. The women were part of an organization called Boundless Across Borders.
• January 20, inauguration – Multiple protests took place in connection with the inauguration of Donald Trump as the President of the United States of America.

Women's March in Washington D.C.

• January 21, Women's Marches – A series of political rallies known as Women's Marches took place in locations around the world. Estimates suggest between 3.3 and 4.6 million people took part, making it the largest protest in United States history.
• January 25 – Seven Greenpeace members climbed a construction crane belonging to Clark Construction and displayed a large banner saying "Resist", blocking traffic and interrupting work on a new office building a half mile from The White House.

'Trump Immigration Order Sparks Protests at NY Airport' report from Voice of America

• January 28 – Protests occurred at airports across the US, including O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, JFK Airport in New York, SFO in San Francisco, LAX in Los Angeles and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
• January 29 – Protests against executive order 13769, banning travelers and refugees from certain countries continue at airports and public spaces, continue in the United States and internationally.
• January 30 – A protest occurred at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto, Canada in the wake of Trump's executive order on immigration. A demonstration by Democrats was held outside of the Supreme Court to protest the executive order. Across major cities in the United Kingdom, large crowds varying from over 200 people, protested against the Trump Administration's order on banning travellers and refugees from certain countries, as well supporting the petition to ban the Trump state visit to the U.K, which gathered over one million signatures in two days.
• January 31 – Protests against Executive Order 13769 continue. In Las Cruces, New Mexico, demonstrators showed up outside the Islamic Center to show support for the Muslim community.

February 2017

• February 2 – Yemeni business owners in New York City shut down their various businesses from noon until 8pm to protest executive order 13769. Thousands of Comcast employees in Portland, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Sunnyvale walked off the job in protest of the same executive order. An LGBT anti-Trump rally was held in West Hollywood. Some Baltimore residents protested both against this executive order and against "alleged drafts of orders" that might target LGBT rights.

• February 3 – Mock vigils for the Bowling Green Massacre, a fictitious event accidentally created by Kellyanne Conway while defending executive order 13769 took place in Bowling Green, Kentucky and at Bowling Green train station in New York City. An LGBT "dance protest" was held outside the Trump International Hotel in downtown Washington, D.C., with several hundred participants.

Protests in St. Louis

LGBT Solidarity Rally on February 4

• February 4 – Protests occurred near Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach. Between 1,200 and 2,000 protesters attended, starting outside Trump Plaza and continuing on Flagler Drive. Protests also occurred in Toronto, San Francisco, and London against the travel ban. The London protest also objected to Trump's upcoming state visit. Outside of the Stonewall Inn, thousands of LGBTQ supporters protested against Trump.
• February 5 – Protests outside of Super Bowl LI took place in Houston. Hundreds attended a march going from Hermann Park to NRG Stadium. In Los Angeles, around 1,500 demonstrators protested against the Dakota and Keystone XL pipeline project.
• February 6 – Around 200 people protested outside of the Trump International Hotel in Manhattan against Executive Order 13769. Twenty rabbis were arrested in the protest.
• February 7 – Protesters in New York marched outside of Goldman Sachs' headquarters to protest "Wall Street's involvement in President Donald Trump's administration."
• February 10 – Thousands of protesters in Iran demonstrated against Trump in Azadi Square on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
• February 11 – Thousands gather at Ocean Beach in San Francisco and spell out the word "Resist !!", with overflow crowds creating an underline. In Scotland, protesters in Edinburgh demonstrate against Trump. Protests also occurred in Prague. Thousands protested in Raleigh in support of LGBT rights and against Trump.
• February 12 – Thousands in cities across Mexico took to the streets in protest against Trump's attitude towards Mexicans and his proposed border wall. Hundreds of protesters in Chicago lined up along the Chicago River and then mooned Trump Tower.
• February 13 – The "Day Without Latinos" strike in Milwaukee protested both Trump-supporter, Sheriff David Clarke and the Trump administration's aggressive moves on immigrants. Students at Howard University protested Betsy Devos's visit to the campus and have asked campus administration to block President Trump from visiting.
• February 14 – A protest against the Trump administration took place in Rochester.
• February 16 – A Day Without Immigrants took place around the United States where immigrants stayed home from school, work and did not spend money in order to show their impact on society. The protest was in response to the Trump administration's stance on immigration and increased federal raids.

Day Without Immigrants 2017 - Protesters in Washington, D.C.

• February 17 – General strike (see also: Day Without Immigrants 2017), prior to President's Day. Hundreds of people demonstrated against the Trump administration in Washington Square Park.
• February 18 – Anti-Trump protesters demonstrated in a peaceful protest outside of a Trump rally held at the Orlando-Melbourne International Airport. In New York, a staged funeral to "mourn the death of the U.S. presidency took place in Washington Square Park.
• February 19 – Over 1,000 people participated in the "I Am a Muslim Too" rally at Times Square. The event was organized by Russell Simmons and several religious leaders of different faiths. Boston held a rally in support of science and the environment.

'Not My President's Day Protest' video from Voice of America

• February 20 – Not My Presidents Day, thousands of protesters in cities around the country demonstrated against Trump.
• February 21 - Protesters participated in a "Resist Trump Tuesday" protest in Chicago where 8 clergy members of different faiths were arrested.
• February 22 - After the Trump administration rescinded the protections for transgender students to use school restrooms that correspond to their gender identity, protests took place. There were around 200 people demonstrating in front of the White House in support of transgender students' rights. The city council of Richmond, California passed a resolution which supported an investigation of Trump in relation to the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.
• February 24 - The United Talent Agency (UTA), which had already cancelled its Oscars party, hosted a rally against Trump, called "United Voices." The event helped raise $320,000 for the ACLU and the International Rescue Committee. At the rally were Jodie Foster, Michael J. Fox, Keegan-Michael Key and other celebrities. There were nearly 2,000 attendees.
• February 27 - A peaceful protest that stopped some traffic occurred in Minneapolis in the evening. The protest drew between 150 and 200 demonstrators who protested Trump and were in support of $15 minimum wage.
• February 28 - Protesters in Vancouver demonstrated anti-Trump sentiment during the grand opening of the Trump hotel in Vancouver. Outside the White House, despite pouring rain, Rosie O'Donnell led a few hundred protesters against Trump.

March 2017

• March 1 - Protests against Trump using the hashtag, #CampusResistance, occurred on college campuses across the United States.
• March 2 - Employees of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) protested proposed budget cuts for their department. There were a "few dozen" protesters at the Federal Plaza in Chicago.
• March 3 - Around 1,000 protesters in Chicago demonstrated for transgender rights and against the Trump administration. In Palm Beach, around 100 protesters demonstrated against Trump, and one protester was arrested and given a traffic ticket and then released.
• March 4 - Counter-protesters at Pro-Trump rallies (Spirit of America) occurred on March 4, with one protest, at Berkeley, becoming a violent clash between pro and anti-Trump groups. Ten people were arrested in connection with the violence and the protest briefly shut down the BART station at Berkeley. In Minneapolis, anti-Trump and pro-Trump supporters also clashed and six people were arrested for setting off firecrackers.
• March 6 - A rally held outside of the White House against the new travel ban. Tom Perez was one of the speakers.
• March 8 – A Day Without a Woman, a call for women not to work on International Women's Day.
• March 10 - Thousands of protesters marched from the US Army Corps of Engineers headquarters to the White House to protest the Dakota Pipeline decision by Trump.
• March 12 - In Baltimore, several groups protested the revised travel ban. On Sunday morning, an anonymous environmental group carved the message "NO MORE TIGERS. NO MORE WOODS." into the greens of the Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes. On the same day, in Brentwood, Los Angeles, roughly 50-60 people protested outside the offices of Breitbart News aiming to "hold the Trump Administration accountable for its unprecedented assault on the free press."
• March 14 - Tech industry workers protested Trump's policies on Pi Day. There were a few hundred protesters in Palo Alto.
• March 15 - Hundreds of protesters demonstrated outside of a Trump rally in Nashville. A physician, Carol Paris, interrupted the rally with a sign reading "Improved Medicare for All" and when she was met with boos from the crowd, Trump stopped speaking and she was asked to leave. In Detroit, about 300 protesters demonstrated at the Willow Run Airport and denounced Trump's environmental policies.
• March 17 - A small protest against Trump took in took place in Aspen. In New York, the "Irish Stand" event took place. It was led by Aodhán Ó Riordáin in Riverside Church and opposed Trump's stance on immigration.
• March 18 - Protests in London, Cardiff and Glasgow against Brexit and Trump's "anti-migrant hysteria."
• March 20 - Hundreds of protesters on Monday waved signs and gave fiery speeches at the gates to Freedom Hall ahead President Donald Trump's visit to tout his plan to replace Obamacare, booing as Air Force One passed overhead for landing.
• March 21 - In opposition to "Trump Care," around 300 protesters held a "die-in" outside of the office of Representative Darrell Issa in Vista, California.
• March 25 - Trump supporters clashed with Protesters after the Trump supporters path were blocked by the protesters.
• March 28 - Anti-Trump Protesters Gather Outside Senator Cornyn’s Houston Office and voice their opinion.

April 2017

Tax March demonstrators outside the United States Capitol

• April 1 - Hundreds of protesters showed up for a "dance party" protest outside of Ivanka Trump's Washington, D.C. home.
• April 2 - Around 300 people, both pro and anti Trump came to a rally at Esther Short Park.
• April 3 - Protesters displayed a banner with the words "Impeach Trump" at the opening day game at Nationals Park.
• April 4 - Movie theaters across the United States and in five other countries screened 1984 in a protest against Donald Trump.
• April 9 - More than 3,000 people came to the Dallas MegaMarch demonstration to protest Trump's immigration policies. Protests against Trump's strike on Syria occurred in Milwaukee.
• April 10 - Children and young adults from the group, We Belong Together, start their spring break trip to Washington D.C. to protest Trump. They first protested on Monday outside of Mayor Carlos Gimenez's office because the mayor of Miami-Dade County has agreed to work with Trump.
• April 11 - Protests against both Trump and Representative Marsha Blackburn took place in Clarksville, Tennessee.
• April 12 - The "first protest in space" was carried out by the Autonomous Space Agency Network (ASAN) by printing a tweet against Trump and flown into the near-space atmosphere.
• April 13 - Around 25 protesters from the group, "Rise and Resist" were arrested while protesting immigration policies at Trump Tower. Around 200 young people and other activists from We Belong Together protested in front of the White House.
• April 15 – The Tax March demanded that Donald Trump release his tax returns. Thousands attended rallies and marches held throughout the U.S. At least 21 people were arrested as Trump supporters and opponents clashed Saturday at the Civic Center Park in Berkeley, California, police said. Another eleven people were also injured.
• April 18 - Protesters came to Snap-on Inc. in Kenosha, Wisconsin to urge Trump to release his tax returns. President Trump was there to sign an executive order.
• April 19 - Anti-Trump protesters showed up at Auburn University after "word got out that white nationalist Richard Spencer would be speaking at an event."

Planned protests

• April 22 – March for Science, protesting climate change denial, on Earth Day.
• April 29 – People's Climate Mobilization, environmental activists are planning rallies in Washington, D.C., and throughout the United States.
• May 1 - Immigration rights strike and protest planned.

See also

• Protests against Barack Obama
• Timeline of protests against Hillary Clinton
• List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States

External links

• Media related to Demonstrations and protests against Donald Trump at Wikimedia Commons