Being a native Washingtonian, let me tell the DUmmies something about DC: WE HATE PROTESTS OF ANY KIND. It's nonpartisan.
The local yokels from Squirrel Fart, OK come into town with their huge honking signs and their banners and their bullhorns and huge backpacks and fill up an already overcrowded Metro. They don't obey basic Metro etiquette (stand right, walk left on escalators), and then they get to their protest rally and clog up EVERY MAJOR ARTERY IN A CITY THAT ALREADY HAS A TRAFFIC PROBLEM. They gather in places where Washingtonians frequent (Lafayette Park is a nice lunch spot on nice days) and make a HUGE ****ING MESS of it. Then they clog up the Metro on their way back to their hotel-and ALWAYS during rush hour, when the Metro is already crowded.
I'll damn well agree that protests are inconvenient. That woman probably had problems getting to work today, getting her lunch, running errands. Then again, none of you DUmbasses would care...none of you know what a job is.