Women urge voters to reject Donald Trump in day of protest

Demonstrators rally during the Women’s March outside the New York Stock Exchange (Mary Altaffer/AP)

A mostly young, diverse crowd of masked women rallied in the nation’s capital, Washington DC, exhorting voters to oppose President Donald Trump and his fellow Republican candidates in the November 3 elections.

The latest of rallies that began with a massive women’s march the day after Mr Trump’s January 2017 inauguration was playing out during the coronavirus pandemic, and demonstrators were asked to wear face coverings and practice social distancing.