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Donald Trump impeachment rallies will take place across US on 'President's Day' national holiday

'Donald Trump is literally our President, but figuratively he has attacked every value Californians embody and does not represent our interests'

Matt Broomfield

Sunday 19 February 2017 13:29 GMT

Thousands take part in the ''Free the People Immigration March,'' to protest actions taken by President Donald Trump and his administration, in Los Angeles Sunday, Feb. 18, 2017 (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Donald Trump's young presidency is being challenged by impeachment rallies across the United States, parodying the annual President's Day vacation with the slogan 'Not My President's Day'.

At least 25 cities across the country have rallies scheduled across the weekend. On Saturday, thousands demonstrated in Los Angeles, the site of the largest anti-Trump Women's March.

Another 3800 residents of the southern Californian city have signed up to attend a rally on President's Day itself this Monday. Thousands have also protested in Dallas, while 12,000 New Yorkers are signed up to the NYC Not My President's Day protest.

Other protests on President's Day, which commemorates the birth of George Washington alongside other American statesmen, will take place in Atlanta, Milwaukee and Denver.

At a separate demo in New York, protesters clad in black gathered for a mock funeral, singing a parodic version of a well-known hymn with the lyrics "Amazing Disgrace".

A protester in Dallas told NBC: "My parents are immigrants, they came here in the late '80s, and I can't allow their memory of what they've done and I can't let their sacrifices be impugned by people wanting to scapegoat brown people and black people for all the problems America has.

"We're not the problem, we're the solution."

Creative New Yorkers present you the song of "The Amazing Disgrace". #mourningthepresidentday, #amockfuneralforpresidentsday

A post shared by 大Huarry from 大Bronx (@bulangkesi) on Feb 18, 2017 at 12:37pm PST

The Los Angeles 'Not My President's Day' organisers write: "Donald Trump is literally our President, but figuratively he has attacked every value Californians embody and does not represent our interests."

They list criticisms from federal funding cuts hitting the state's large immigrant population to Trump's "outrageous and Islamophobic religion ban".

Thousands of residents of Washington D.C., meanwhile, will "stand in support of our brothers and sisters of different nationalities, backgrounds, races, religions, ability and sexual identity," to show that "Donald Trump's hate does not have a mandate anywhere, especially not in our District."

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Protesters gather outside the White House at the finish of the Women's March on Washington on January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Large crowds attended the anti-Trump rally a day after U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th U.S. president.

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Thousands attend Women's March on Washington

Protesters hold up signage near the Washington Monument during the Women's March on Washington January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Large crowds are attending the anti-Trump rally a day after U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th U.S. president.

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Thousands attend Women's March on Washington

Protesters gather during the Women's March on Washington January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. The march is expected to draw thousands from across the country to protest newly inaugurated President Donald Trump.

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Thousands attend Women's March on Washington

Protesters arrive at the Capital South Metro station for the Women's March on Washington on January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Following the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, the Women's March has spread to be a global march calling on all concerned citizens to stand up for equality, diversity and inclusion and for women's rights to be recognised around the world as human rights.

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Thousands attend Women's March on Washington

Protesters arrive on the platform at the Capital South Metro station for the Women's March on Washington on January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Following the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, the Women's March has spread to be a global march calling on all concerned citizens to stand up for equality, diversity and inclusion and for women's rights to be recognised around the world as human rights.

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Thousands attend Women's March on Washington

Demonstrators protest during the Women's March along Pennsylvania Avenue January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Hundreds of thousands of protesters spearheaded by women's rights groups demonstrated across the US to send a defiant message to US President Donald Trump.

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Thousands attend Women's March on Washington

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: Protesters attend the Women's March on Washington on January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Following the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, the Women's March has spread to be a global march calling on all concerned citizens to stand up for equality, diversity and inclusion and for women's rights to be recognised around the world as human rights.

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Thousands attend Women's March on Washington

A marcher holds a sign during the Women's March on Washington January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. The march is expected to draw thousands from across the country to protest newly inaugurated President Donald Trump.

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Thousands attend Women's March on Washington

A woman chants while attending the Women's March on Washington on January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Large crowds are attending the anti-Trump rally a day after U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th U.S. president.

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Thousands attend Women's March on Washington

Protesters attend the Women's March on Washington on January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Large crowds are attending the anti-Trump rally a day after U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th U.S. president.

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Thousands attend Women's March on Washington

Protesters march in Washington, DC, during the Women's March on January 21, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of people flooded US cities Saturday in a day of women's rights protests to mark President Donald Trump's first full day in office.

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Thousands attend Women's March on Washington

A protester gestures toward the White House on the Ellipse near the South Lawn of the White House during the Women's March on Washington January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Large crowds are attending the anti-Trump rally a day after U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th U.S. president.

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Thousands attend Women's March on Washington

A protester, holding a Donald Trump doll wearing a pink cap, marches in Washington, DC, during the Womens March on January 21, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of people flooded US cities Saturday in a day of women's rights protests to mark President Donald Trump's first full day in office.

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Thousands attend Women's March on Washington

Protesters take to the National Mall to demonstrate against the presidency of Donald Trump Washington, DC on January 21, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of protesters spearheaded by women's rights groups demonstrated across the US to send a defiant message to US President Donald Trump.

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Thousands attend Women's March on Washington

Protesters march during the Women's March on Washington on January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Large crowds are attending the anti-Trump rally a day after U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th U.S. president.

Mario Tama/Getty

Thousands attend Women's March on Washington

Demonstrators gather on The Ellipse during the Women's March on Washington January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Hundreds of thousands of protesters spearheaded by women's rights groups demonstrated across the US to send a defiant message to US President Donald Trump.

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Thousands attend Women's March on Washington

Demonstrators march down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Women's March on Washington January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Hundreds of thousands of protesters spearheaded by women's rights groups demonstrated across the US to send a defiant message to US President Donald Trump.

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Thousands attend Women's March on Washington

Protester's signs are left near the White House during the Women's March on Washington on January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Large crowds are attending the anti-Trump rally a day after U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th U.S. president. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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No US President has ever been removed from office through impeachment. Bill Clinton was the most recent President to be threatened with impeachment in 1999 but he was acquitted by the Senate.

In the wake of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon stepped down at the point when articles of impeachment were being recommended to the House of Representatives.

An impeachment of Trump would have to pass through a Republican-led Senate and a Supreme Court which will soon have a Republican majority, making it an unlikely prospect at present.

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