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Anti-Trump Protester Sets Himself On Fire Outside Trump International Hotel In Washington D.C.

JohnThomas Didymus
Updated
Man sets himself on fire outside Trump hotel
Man sets himself on fire outside Trump hotel

An anti-Trump protester set himself on fire outside Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C. on Tuesday night. Staff inside the hotel reportedly called police and the fire department after the man set himself on fire shortly before 9:30 p.m.

The man reportedly surrendered to police. He suffered non-life threatening, third-degree burns, according to officers who took him to the hospital. Police authorities confirmed that they were called to the scene by persons reporting a man “in distress.”

Police also said they did not arrest the man, according to the Washington Post.

The man reportedly told police that he set himself on fire outside Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, as an act of protest against the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. He claimed he was protesting because America has elected a man who is “incapable of respecting our constitution.”

Man sets himself on fire outside Trump Hotel
Man set himself on fire outside the Trump International Hotel in Washington [Image by Mj007/Shutterstock]

The protester, a 45-year-old man from California, has not been identified by name. However, he told News4 (NBC4 Washington) that his action was in protest against President-elect Donald Trump.

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“I tried to light myself on fire as an act of protest,” he told News4’s Shomari Stone. “(I’m protesting) the fact that we’ve elected somebody who is completely incapable of respecting the Constitution of the United States.”