Rhetorical Analysis Of Donald Trump's Protests

Introduction/Summary Early Wednesday morning, November 9, 2016, the United States of America elected its 45th president, Donald Trump. His running sparked great controversy amongst the citizen in the country and now, as the official president-elect of the United States, those who do not support Trump have begun to express their disgust. There have been riots, walks outs, and marches that have taken place minutes and days after Trump was elected. Los Angeles Times published an article “Trump win sparks student walkout and protest across the U.S.: ‘I expected better’” by Matt Hamilton, James Queally and Barbara Demick, that gave multiple examples of these protests throughout the United States. Starting in the Bay Areas, within several high school’s students got out of their seats and walked out headed towards Los Angeles City Hall

Next, thousands of protesters decided to block traffic in cities such as Portland, Chicago, Boston, and Philadelphia, some even torching flags. Many of these protesters are young people who went out in order to express their shock and disappointment at Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton (Hamilton et al., 2016). At Berkeley High School half the entire student body (1,500 students) walked out after their first-period class begun. Students went to twitter tweeting “#NotMyPresident”, others took the streets chanting “Si, se puede”, which translates from Spanish to “Yes, we can” and waved Mexican flags. School officials have stated that this is not the first time the student have walked out and have joined them on their marches with no plans to discipline the students. Claire Mordowanec of Brooklyn, New York said “I've been sad and angry all day. If I didn't come out, how would I explain to my kids one day that I didn't stand up for what's right,”