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Around 100 demonstrators on Wednesday rallied in downtown San Francisco to protest the U.S. Senate's acquittal of President Donald Trump over abuse of power and obstruction of Congress charges earlier in the day.
The gathering, part of a nationwide "Reject The Cover-up" rally, was organized by the city's grassroots organization Indivisible SF and the Reject the Cover-up coalition.
The protesters chanted slogans such as "Vote Trump Out," "Move Trump, get out the way," and "The Senate has failed but the people will prevail" to voice their anger over the Senate's acquittal in Trump's impeachment trial that the House of Representatives approved late last year.
Senators voted 52-48 to reject the first charge of abuse of power, and 53-47 against the second charge of obstruction of justice.
Matt Chamberlin, an insurance professional in the Bay Area, told Xinhua that he believed Trump was guilty because "he's undermining the rule of law and our democratic form of government."
"All of the evidence that was gathered by the impeachment managers was abundant that was shown during his trial," he asserted.
Bruce Allen, a retired teacher in San Francisco, said he joined the protest because the American people are facing "a regime that is crushing democratic rights."
He rejected Trump's claim that more jobs have been created in the country and the U.S.' economy has become better under his leadership.
"There is a greater divide between wealth and poverty, between the few that control huge quantities of wealth, and others that control almost nothing but barely survive," he said.
The division now is greater than it has ever been, and Trump has not done anything to ameliorate it, he complained. "He's doing everything he can actually to help the wealthy become wealthier."
Rally organizers also urged the demonstrators, as well as all other Americans, to register to vote ahead of the November election this year.
Similar protests also took place in other Bay Area cities, including San Jose, Walnut Creek, and Oakland.
