The groups behind the march are described on their website as having “intersecting identities” and having “diverse issue-based interests” with causes as diverse as climate change, immigration and women’s rights.
Organizers said they are seeking to counter Trump by “building on past successes and effective strategies against autocrats.”
A small group of Trump supporters were at the Washington Monument on Saturday. Noticing people wearing red Make America Great Again hats, one of the leaders of the People’s March approached with a megaphone and chanted, “No to Trump, no to the KKK.”
One of the men, Timothy Wallis, told The Associated Press that his friends had just bought Trump hats from a street vendor.
Wallis, 58, of Pocatello, Idaho, said the People’s Marchers had “every right” to demonstrate, though he said he was confused by the anger.
“It’s sad where we are as a country,” he said.
