Holiday takes an anti-Trump turn with #NotMyPresidentsDay protests

Thousands flooded the streets across two dozen cities for the protests
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Holiday takes an anti-Trump turn with #NotMyPresidentsDay protests
Protesters, including one in a scary Trump mask, take to the streets in New York City on Presidents Day to protest the president Credit: AP/REX/Shutterstock

The annual President's Day holiday had a distinct Donald Trump touch in 2017 thanks to a series of protests around the country where participants transformed the anti-Trump #NotMyPresident hashtag into a #NotMyPresidentsDay rallying call.

Trump himself got the holiday off to a rousing start with an all-caps declaration to -- what else? -- "Make America great again."

Meanwhile, protesters around the country were less festive, taking to the streets to protest the president.

Protests were organized across dozens of cities for the holiday, the main theme being general opposition to Trump's policies, particularly his now-on-hold controversial travel ban.

Organizer Olga Lexell told CNN, "A lot of people are angry because he lost the popular vote and is ruling like somebody who won by a landslide."

More anti-Trump protests are planned for the future, too, with organizers from the successful Woman's March on Washington preparing for their "A Day Without A Woman" event on March 8 and others planning a large protest on Tax Day, April 15.

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Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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