Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Washington, D.C., just two days before Donald Trump's inauguration. They are demonstrating against the incoming president and his positions on a range of issues, including climate change, LGBTQ+ rights, and abortion.
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00:00Now, with Donald Trump set to begin his second term, thousands of protesters gathered in
00:05the U.S. Capitol on Saturday to march against the president-elect.
00:11Dubbed the People's March, protesters carried signs criticizing Trump's position on a range
00:16of issues, including the war in Gaza, abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, democracy and climate
00:23change.
00:25Trump has previously referred to the climate crisis as a scam and hoax.
00:30Um, I mean, really, like, I don't think it's an understatement to say really everything
00:34is at stake.
00:35I mean, the climate crisis is, is, uh, you know, really the most pressing and urgent
00:39issue of our time.
00:40It has been for the past decade and, uh, you know, government after government, uh, is,
00:45is unable to tackle it at the scale and speed that's necessary to transform our whole economy,
00:49to shift to renewable, like, green energy away from fossil fuels.