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08th Nov 2016

Topless protesters removed from polling station where Donald Trump is due to vote

The protesters are thought to have been since arrested

Conor Heneghan

Two women were removed from the polling station and both are believed to have been arrested.

Two topless protesters were removed from a polling station in Midtown in Manhattan, where Republican nominee Donald Trump is due to cast his vote in the Presidential Election.

Videos posted on Twitter by Sharon Clott Kanter, deputy style director at People magazine, showed two women being removed from the premises after allegedly shouting anti-Trump slogans.

https://twitter.com/sharonclott/status/795980259824963584

One of the women removed from the building had the slogan ‘OlO FEMEN USA’ scrawled on her back, which would suggest that they are associated with women’s rights group Femen.

https://twitter.com/sharonclott/status/795980568265625601

Members of Femen, which was founded in Ukraine and is now based in Paris, have taken part in topless protests against issues such as sexual exploitation and homophobia in the past.

The two women are believed to have been arrested after being removed from the building, which is located a short distance from Trump Tower in Manhattan and is understood to be the building where Donald Trump will cast his vote.