NEW YORK _ Thousands of people gathered outside Trump Tower in Manhattan Saturday to protest Donald Trump's election as president.
The crowd began to form earlier downtown, in the southwest corner of the Union Square Park at about 11 a.m., many carrying homemade signs and wearing Hillary Clinton T-shirts, buttons and stickers with plans to move uptown to Trump Tower.
"No to racism and fascism," one sign read, a comment on Trump's stated policies during the campaign.
Many people carried signs reading "Not my president," including one who had written the phrase in both English and Japanese.
For David Bruce, of Manhattan, demonstrating was less about challenging Trump than showing women, the LGBT community and people of color around the country that their communities are supported by others, he said.
"It's about love, it's not about trashing Donald Trump," Bruce said. He added that he had not protested George Bush's election and would not have protested if John McCain had won in 2008. However, he felt this year was different.
"Donald Trump is preaching pure evil, he is preaching hate," Bruce said.
Bruce also plans to protest at Trump's inauguration in Washington.
Below ground, other New Yorkers shared their frustrations on a wall of sticky notes, a shrine on the subway tile that began growing earlier this week. Notes read "Bernie Sanders should've won!" and "America is still GREAT."
Across from Union Square Park on 14th Street, a parked truck with a punching bag inside invited demonstrators and passersby to vent their frustrations by throwing a punch or two.
As the crowd reached Trump Tower around 2 p.m., they were joined by filmmaker Michael Moore, who said he was at Trump Tower earlier to demand that Trump step aside.
Meanwhile, the crowd chanted "No hate! No fear! Refugees are welcome here!" and "You're fired!"
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(Laura Blasey contributed to this report.)
