An anti-Donald Trump group calling itself the Women’s March on Washington has hit a scheduling snag with the National Park Service for its planned protest on the National Mall to be held the day after Mr. Trump is sworn-in as the nation’s 45th president.
It seems other groups had already applied for permits that day prior to the march organizers filing their request, WTOP Radio reported on Tuesday.
“There were seven applications that were submitted prior to the Gathering for Justice for part or all of the same sites they’ve applied for,” said National Park Service spokesman Mike Litterst, according to WTOP.
“The permit has not been denied. We will make every effort to accommodate their request, though it may be at a different time and location,” Mr. Litterst added.
For its part, march organizers said in a statement that they now have in view an “updated rally site is another location in the city that will accommodate our numbers.”
“We will not be releasing the location information at this time because we are still in the permitting process and need to ensure that all of our logistics are in place,” they added, according to WTOP.
On its Facebook page, some 124,000 Facebook users have indicated they will attend the event, with another 217,000 expressing interest.
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