Janice Ford, 64, was outside the White House on Tuesday, holding a sign and ready to protest against President Donald Trump.

“I try to come down [to the White House] weekly,” said Ford, of Maryland, who held a sign that read, “Trump’s words and actions are cruel.”

“The results of the election are not the country I know.”

But Ford harbors some opinions about the president that aren’t necessarily considered mainstream. She says congressional Republicans will soon have to admit Trump is a Russian puppet.

“We will find out if there was communication [between Russian spies and the Trump campaign],” said Ford.

And when we do?

Impeach Trump, Ford said.

Such were the sentiments of many as Trump prepared his first speech before a joint session of Congress Tuesday. Leftist organizers gathered hundreds — but not thousands — of protesters outside of the White House to chant, protest, and scream about Trump.

One of the protest leaders was said to be Trump’s arch-nemesis, actress Rosie O’Donnell.

O’Donnell and Trump’s feud goes back to the middle part of last decade, when O’Donnell suggested Trump had filed for personal bankruptcy (he had not).

Trump retaliated by calling O’Donnell a “loser.” The feud continued off and on for years, with Trump tweeting in July 2014 that “Rosie is crude, rude, obnoxious and dumb — other than that I like her very much!”

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Now, two and half years later, Trump is in the White House.

O’Donnell rallied the small crowd when they got to the Capitol Building — she appeared to skip the brisk walk from the White House.

But some 200 protesters gathered at Lafayette Square around 7 p.m. near the White House to listen to speeches in the light drizzle. A speaker from Black Lives Matter rallied the small crowd, telling them Trump would be gone by Jan. 20, 2021.

And They’re Off
A quick “All power to the people” from the speaker, and the march was off.

A reporter from LifeZette accompanied them on the long trek to the Capitol. And as they were escorted by dozens of D.C. police officers, the marchers beat on pots and pans, setting off to join more people at the Capitol.

The mini-march was fairly well-organized. Some signs were made by MoveOn.org, the famous leftist organization. Some were handmade.

“Keep on Leakin’,” one sign read.

“Impeach President Bannon,” another read.

And one was made of neon, attached to a light that broadcast a purple fist against buildings, with the words, “Resist.”

Another had two messages. On one side: “Traitors.” On the other side, “Republican Leaders Are Traitors.”

“I am worried about Bannon,” said Laura Escher from Maryland.

Escher said she was worried about the direction of the nation. But the Republicans, the economy, the Democrats — none of them compared to how Trump played in the protesters’ minds.

“I think the president should be investigated,” said Escher.

It was easy to understand why the protesters felt that way. Signs called for investigations of Trump’s “Russian connections.”

As the march made its way from the White House, southeast down Pennsylvania Avenue, the protesters soon found themselves in front of the Trump International Hotel near Pennsylvania and 12th St.

“Let’s stop!” one protester said.

“What could [the police] do?” a woman asked, hopeful the march would stop. It didn’t. But one protester ran up to the hotel and waved his “You Lie!” sign.

Freedom of Speech
Tailoring chants to buildings along Pennsylvania Avenue soon became popular as the protesters moved on.

“Freedom of the press! Freedom of the press!” the protesters chanted as they passed the Newseum, a museum dedicated to the history of journalism.

But their dedication to the First Amendment was sorely tested.

“You lost! You lost!” one woman yelled, holding a Trump campaign sign, standing in the rain. “Losers! Losers!”

“No! No!” yelled one anti-Trump protester, as three men confronted the woman. The tension was soon broken up by a man who insisted they keep moving.

The woman would not be deterred. She kept yelling, unswayed by requests from LifeZette to talk.

“Losers!” the woman yelled at the protesters. “Losers!”

Some protesters were wary of giving their full name to the media.

Beth, 50, from Springfield, Virginia, said Trump should be impeached if there are grounds.

She marches because it’s “how I’m being heard.” But what about the election?

“The results of the election are not the country I know,” said Beth.

A number of people who wished not to be identified said they were anarchists, and one chanted anarchist slogans.

A man and woman helped make noise using vuvuzelas, raucous plastic soccer horns featured prominently during the 2010 World Cup.

“What are those?” one man asked the man with the horn.

“I got them on Amazon!” the horn owner replied.