At least two topless protesters, including a Canadian, were removed from a New York City polling station shortly before Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump cast his ballot on Election Day.
Two topless women stormed a school in Manhattan early Tuesday morning with messages written in black marker across their bare chests.
“Trump, grab your balls,” reads one message.
“Hate out of my polls,” reads another message.
The New York Post identified the women as Tiffany Robson, 28, and Neda Topaloski, 30, of Montreal.
Trump was not at the school at the time of the protest.
According to the New York Daily News, the two were escorted out of the building by police and Secret Service, and were issued a summons for the protest.
The protesters are members of FEMEN, “an international women’s movement of brave topless female activists painted with the slogans and crowned with flowers,” according to the group’s website.
Speaking with the New York Daily News, activist and FEMEN leader Inna Shevchenko said the protesters were there to demonstrate against Trump’s politics.
“We staged the protest before the arrival of Trump at the voting station to make a statement against Trump’s politics of discrimination and oppression of women and minorities,” Shevchenko told the newspaper.
Topaloski has appeared topless in the past at several protests including a Bill C-51 demonstration in Ottawa and Quebec’s Bill 10 health legislation.
Just after 11 a.m., Trump, his wife Melania, daughter Ivanka, and son-in-law Jared arrived at the polling station to cast their votes.
“It’s a great honour, a tremendous honour,” Trump said of casting his ballot.
He said he’s feeling confident about the outcome, citing “tremendous enthusiasm.”
–with a file from The Associated Press
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