Disappointment turned into protest as people in huge numbers rallied in at least 25 US cities - including New York and Nashville, Chicago and Cleveland, San Francisco and Seattle - shouting anti-Trump slogans, burning effigies, and holding candlelight vigils to mourn yesterday's result of the general election in which Trump secured a stunning victory despite his explosive and divisive rhetoric.
Angry Americans assembled at landmark locations in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, California, Colorado, Seattle, Los Angeles, Portland, Atlanta, Austin, Denver, San Francisco and other cities, and were seen walking on roads and highway between moving traffic, holding placards that read 'No more Hate', and chanting "Not my President." "Not today."
Outside Trump's residence in Trump Tower on New York's Fifth Avenue, protesters gathered with signs that read "Dump Trump". Protesters walked about 40 streets from 14th Street to Fifth Avenue. Streets surrounding the towers were completely shut off due to the protests.
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Thousands of protesters blocked entry to the Trump Tower in downtown Chicago.
In Los Angeles, demonstrators sprayed the Los Angeles Times building and news vans with anti-Trump profanity. Late in the evening, hundreds of people blocked one of the city's busiest freeways - US 101 between downtown and Hollywood.
Demonstrators outside the Los Angeles City Hall also set ablaze a giant, box-shaped head resembling Trump's, topped with bright orange hair.
Angry against the election of Trump as the president of the country, people were heard chanting "No Trump, No KKK, No Fascists USA" and "Not my president!"
The massive protests came hours after Trump, a political outsider, secured a stunning victory against Clinton, defying all forecast, a development that refused to end months-long bitter campaigning by the two political leaders.
The 70-year-old real estate tycoon, who is said to have started off his maiden political campaign with a team of just six persons and a Twitter account, single-handedly ran one of the most unconventional presidential campaigns in which political correctness was tossed out of th e window. He has been slammed by many for his divisive and derogatory rhetoric against minorities, women and immigrants.
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