New York Republican leaders are feeling a surge of optimism about the party’s future in the Empire State, fueled by Donald Trump’s win in the presidential election. Hours before Trump’s inauguration at noon today,

Some in the crowd wore the pink hats that marked the much-larger protest against Trump's first inauguration in 2017. They wound through downtown amid a light rain, past the White House and toward the Lincoln Memorial along the National Mall for the "People's March.