anti-trump protesters at the florida capitol. | daniel ducassi by daniel ducassi 11/09/16 10:26 pm est tallahassee <u+2014> a couple hundred demonstrators marched through the streets of tallahassee around the state capitol wednesday evening to protest the election of donald trump as president. <u+201c>not my president!<u+201d> they declared. story continued below the protesters criticized trump for fanning the flames of racism, sexism and xenophobia. at around 7:30 p.m., they started marching south on monroe street, blocking traffic, and along the streets around the capitol complex. for several minutes, they blocked part of the intersection in front of the capitol, where monroe meets apalachee parkway. after police spoke with organizers, they moved the protest to the steps of the old capitol to make speeches denouncing trump<u+2019>s agenda. the protesters also criticized gov. rick scott, who chaired the national super pac that helped get trump elected. "rick scott: corrupt as fuck,<u+201d> they chanted. while tensions were high when a large, bearded trump supporter confronted the protesters, the protest ended peacefully. capitol police said no arrests were made and no injuries were reported. "people aren<u+2019>t just upset that their [candidate] lost,<u+201d> emilyann hoatson said of her fellow protesters. "they<u+2019>re upset because they<u+2019>re fearing for their lives. i<u+2019>m scared for my life, and that shouldn<u+2019>t be how it is after an election.<u+201d> the 20-year-old said she works two minimum wage jobs, but struggles to make ends meet. she said she has "no hope" trump can help improve her financial situation <u+201c>because he<u+2019>s a blithering orange idiot. he knows nothing about politics." similar protests were held wednesday evening in cities across the country. in new york city, thousands marched through the streets of manhattan, eventually converging on trump tower. protests were also held in boston, chicago, seattle and washington, d.c., watch video of the tallahassee protest here: https://youtu.be/nbgkzlm8onk marc caputo's must-read briefing on what's hot, crazy or shady about politics in the sunshine state.
anti-trump frustration boils over at the capitol
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