Carrying signs and reciting chants denouncing the president-elect as racist, and misogynistic, thousands of protesters took to the streets in cities across the U.S. Wednesday to protest Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election. There were few reports of violence or arrests.
A large crowd packed New York City's Fifth Avenue, directly in front of the Trump Tower where the president-elect lives, waving signs reading "Love Trumps Hate."
Another group gathered across from Trump's soon-to-be-home, the White House in Washington. Just down Pennsylvania Avenue, at the newly-opened Trump Hotel, protesters chanted "Say it loud, say it clear: Refugees are welcome here."
Elsewhere on the United States' East Coast, demonstrations were held in Miami, Philadelphia and Boston, where protesters carried signs calling for Trump's impeachment and an end to the Electoral College, the constitutionally-established process that resulted in Trump winning the presidency despite his apparent narrow loss in the overall popular vote.
Protesters call for the impeachment of President-elect Donald Trump as they march in Seattle, Nov. 9, 2016.
On the opposite side of the country, protesters in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle marched and blocked traffic to express their anger over Trump's defeat of Hillary Clinton.
In the Midwest, protests were held in Chicago, Minnesota's Twin Cities, Omaha, Nebraska and Kansas City, Missouri.
Chicago resident Michael Burke told the Associated Press he believes Trump will "divide the country and stir up hatred.''
Even Texas, a solidly Republican state, saw demonstrations in its larger cities, including Dallas and the state capital, Austin.
In Oakland, California, demonstrators burned trash in the streets and some store windows were smashed.
No one from the Trump staff has commented on the protests.
In Photos: Anti-Trump protests
Protests Break Out After Trump Elected President
1/22Demonstrators gather to protest following President-elect Donald Trump's election victory in the Manhattan borough of New York, Nov. 10, 2016.
2/22Protesters hold signs during a protest against the election of President-elect Donald Trump, Nov. 9, 2016, in downtown Seattle.
3/22Police are surrounded by demonstrators who took over the Hollywood 101 Freeway just north of Los Angeles City Hall in protest to the election of Republican Donald Trump as President of the United States in Los Angeles, California, Nov. 9, 2016.
4/22Clair Sheehan has the words "Not My President" written on her forehead as she takes part in a protest against the election of President-elect Donald Trump, Nov. 9, 2016, in downtown Seattle.
5/22Demonstrators take over the Hollywood 101 Freeway in protest against the election of Republican Donald Trump as President of the United States in Los Angeles, California, Nov. 10, 2016.
6/22A female demonstrator holds a sign reading "Not My President" after retreating off the Hollywood 101 Freeway during a protest against the election of Republican Donald Trump as President of the United States in Los Angeles, California, U.S. Nov. 10, 2016.
7/22Protesters call for the impeachment of President-elect Donald Trump as they march in Seattle, Nov. 9, 2016.
8/22Police officers work to control the scene of an office set aflame by demonstrators during a demonstration in Oakland, California, U.S. following the election of Donald Trump as president, Nov. 9, 2016.
9/22A protester throws a bottle at police officers following the election of Republican Donald Trump as President of the United States in Oakland, California, U.S., Nov. 9, 2016.
10/22Marchers are pictured with Mexican flags as they protest the election of Republican Donald Trump as President of the United States in Seattle, Washington, U.S., Nov. 9, 2016.
11/22Protesters hold signs during a protest against the election of President-elect Donald Trump, in downtown Seattle, Nov. 9, 2016.
12/22A protester holds a sign that reads "Love Trumps Hate" during a protest against the election of President-elect Donald Trump, in downtown Seattle, Nov. 9, 2016.
13/22Hundreds of protesters march in downtown Seattle as they protest the election of President-elect Donald Trump, Nov. 9, 2016.
14/22A protester holds a sign with a derogatory image of President-elect Donald Trump during a protest, in downtown Seattle, Nov. 9, 2016.
15/22Patrons hold a sign as people march by while protesting the election of Republican Donald Trump as the president of the United States in downtown Los Angeles, California U.S., Nov. 9, 2016.
16/22Demonstrators march following the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States through Oakland, California, U.S., Nov. 9, 2016.
17/22People hold placards as they take part in an anti-racism protest against President-elect Donald Trump winning the American election, outside the U.S. embassy in London, Nov. 9, 2016.
18/22Hundreds of protesters march past the Washington Convention Center in downtown Seattle as they protest the election of President-elect Donald Trump, Nov. 9, 2016.
19/22People gather to protest the election of Republican Donald Trump as the president of the United States outside of City Hall in Los Angeles, California, Nov. 9, 2016.
20/22A person yells during a protest against President-elect Donald Trump, in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, Nov. 9, 2016.
21/22A man dressed in red-white-and-blue sits on the curb during a protest against President-elect Donald Trump, Nov. 9, 2016, in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
22/22Protesters stand on the Mass. Statehouse steps in opposition of Donald Trump's presidential election victory in Boston, Nov. 9, 2016.
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Calls for unity
In his victory speech Tuesday, Trump promised to be a president for all Americans, saying "It is time for us to come together as one united people."
On Wednesday, Clinton told supporters at a gathering in New York that while the election results will be "painful for a long time," the nation must give Trump a chance to prove himself.
"We owe [Trump] an open mind and a chance to lead," she said.
President Obama also called on the nation to put aside partisanship.
"We are not Democrats first. We are not Republicans first. We are Americans first," Obama said.
President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, speaks about the election results in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Nov. 9, 2016.
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