Anti-Trump protests to kick off with Washington civil rights march

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| Fri Jan 13, 2017 | 4:32pm EST
Anti-Trump protests to kick off with Washington civil rights march

By Ian Simpson | WASHINGTON

A week of protests ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration as U.S. president is set to kick off on Saturday with a civil rights march in Washington by activists angry over the Republican's comments on minority groups including Muslims and Mexicans.

Civil rights leader the Reverend Al Sharpton plans to lead a march along the National Mall ending at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, about two miles (3 km) from the steps of the U.S. Capitol, where Trump will be sworn in as president on Jan. 20.

Trump won his first-ever campaign for elected office with an angry, populist platform that included promises to build a wall along the Mexican border and restrict immigration from Muslim countries, as well as promises to crack down on companies moving jobs out of the United States.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-protests-idUSKBN14X2HX

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