NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 09: Thousands of anti-Trump protesters shut down 5th Avenue in front of Trump Tower as New Yorkers react to the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States on November 9, 2016 in New York City. Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in an upset to become the 45th president. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Thousands of people across the country gathered on Tuesday and Wednesday nights to protest Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election.
At Trump Tower in Manhattan, where estimates pegged the number of demonstrators at 8,000. People chanted “Not my president” and “boycott Trump.”
Trump’s surprise upset on Nov. 8 shocked many who view the president-elect as unfit and objected to his incendiary comments about women and immigrants.
There were also protests in Oakland, Seattle, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia.
Watch a 360-degree video of a protest at Trump Tower.
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