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NICKUT—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Students holding signs and chanting slogans march to protest the election of Donald Trump as president in Los Angeles on Monday. ByJohnRogers TheAssociatedPress LOS ANGELES Highschool students left class by the hundreds Monday to carry signs and flags on the streets of several U.S. cit- ies six days after Donald Trump's election. They walked out in Cal- ifornia, in Maryland and in Oregon, many declar- ing that their young voices matter and expressing con- cern over the president- elect's comments about mi- norities and the effect he will have on their commu- nities. Some students said they had the approval of ad- ministrators. Some of Trump's sup- porters have called for the demonstrations to stop, in- cluding former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who dismissed the protest- ers as "spoiled crybabies." Trump has accused some of being "professional pro- testers," although he added in a "60 Minutes" interview Sunday that he also believes some are afraid for the country's future "because they don't know me." More than a thou- sand students from sev- eral schools on Los Ange- les' heavily Hispanic east side marched out of classes shortly after they began in a protest they say was or- ganized over the weekend. The demonstrations be- gan at Garfield High School, the subject of the 1988 film "Stand and Deliver" focus- ing on teacher Jamie Es- calante's successful college- level math programs. Students carrying signs and shouting slogans marched toward the city's nearby Mariachi Plaza. They were soon joined by hundreds of students from several schools, many of them shouting, "Say it loud. Say it clear. Immigra- tion, welcome here." Some carried signs reading, "De- port Trump." Others waved the U.S., Mexican and gay pride flags and chanted, "The peo- ple united will never be di- vided." Many said they have relatives and friends who entered the country without legal permission and who they fear will be deported under a Trump presidency. "I believe LA should be- come a sanctuary for all who believe what is actu- ally moral," said 15-year- old Josefina Macias, add- ing Monday's protest was the first she had ever par- ticipated in. Another protester, 16-year-old Brian Rodri- guez, said he is U.S.-born to parents from Mexico and Guatemala and was of- fended by Trump's criticism of Latinos. "It hurt me inside know- ing somebody from out- side our race is talking bad about us," said Rodriguez, who carried a sign that read, "Brown and Proud." Rodriguez said his school's principal opened the gates and told students they could participate. 'We're not going anywhere': Millennials march against Trump PROTESTS By Steve Peoples and Julie Pace The Associated Press WASHINGTON His nascent administration already un- der attack, President-elect Donald Trump was consid- ering Monday whether to inject new diversity into the GOP by recommend- ing a woman to lead the Republican Party and an openly gay man to repre- sent the United States at the United Nations. The moves, among doz- ens under consideration from his transition team, follow an intense and ex- tended backlash from Trump's decision on Sun- day to appoint Steve Ban- non, a man celebrated by the white nationalist move- ment, to serve as his chief strategist and senior ad- viser. "After winning the pres- idency but losing the pop- ular vote, President-elect Trump must try to bring Americans together — not continue to fan the flames of division and bigotry," said House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi. She called Bannon's appoint- ment "an alarming signal" that Trump "remains com- mitted to the hateful and divisive vision that defined his campaign." His inauguration just 66 days away, however, Trump's team brushed off the criticism on Mon- day and looked toward the hundreds of high-level ap- pointments needed to run the world's most powerful nation. The president-elect was considering tapping Rich- ard Grenell as U.S. ambas- sador to the United Na- tions. If picked and ulti- mately confirmed by the Senate, he would be the first openly gay person to fill a Cab- inet-level foreign pol- icy post. G r e n e l l previously served as U.S. spokes- man at the U.N. under Pres- ident George W. Bush's ad- ministration. At the same time, Trump is weighing whether to se- lect Michigan GOP chair- woman Ronna Romney McDaniel, a niece of Trump critic and 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney. She would be the first woman in decades to run the Re- publican National Com- mittee. "I'll be interested in whatever Mr. Trump wants," McDaniel told The Associated Press on Mon- day, adding that she was planning to seek the Mich- igan GOP chairmanship again. Appointing McDaniel to run the GOP's political arm could be an effort to help the party heal the anger after a campaign in which Trump demeaned women. The appointment of Gren- ell could begin to ease concerns by the gay com- munity about Vice Pres- ident-elect Mike Pence's positions on same-sex mar- riage during his time as In- diana governor. The personnel moves un- der consideration were con- firmed by people with di- rect knowledge of Trump's thinking who were not au- thorized to publicly dis- close private discussions. They stressed that the de- cisions were not final. Internal deliberations about staffing come a day after Trump made over- tures to warring Republi- can circles by appointing Bannon and RNC Chair- man Reince Priebus as his White House chief of staff. The two men had made up the president-elect's chief of staff shortlist, and while Priebus received that job, Bannon is expected to wield significant clout. Trump gave top billing to the former media execu- tive, who led a website that appealed to the so-called "alt-right" — a movement often associated with ef- forts on the far right to preserve "white identity," oppose multiculturalism and defend "Western val- ues." PRESIDENT-ELECT Trump considering woman, gay man for leadership posts OSAMU HONDA — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Richard Grenell, le , walks with John Bolton, right, to a Security Council meeting in New York. McDaniel By Candice Choi The Associated Press NEW YORK After years of stamping out soda tax pro- posals with well-financed campaigns, Big Soda is suddenly finding itself up against bigger adversaries. Voters and lawmakers in five municipalities such as San Francisco and the county that includes Chi- cago approved special taxes on sugary drinks last week, with advocates saying the victories point to a change in public attitudes and the beginnings of a move- ment. What's also changed, though, is that they're now backed by billionaire Mi- chael Bloomberg, who as mayor of New York lost a bruising fight to limit the size of sugary drinks. The soda industry dis- misses the notion that the measures amount to a movement, and says the proposals are being pushed in places more likely to pass them. "It's sort of a pesky thing that comes up now and then," Susan Neely, presi- dent of the American Bev- erage Association that rep- resents Coke, Pepsi and oth- ers, said before the election. Seven U.S. cities now have special, per-ounce taxes on sugary drinks. All were approved in the past two years, and got backing from Bloomberg Philan- thropies, as well as from Laura and John Arnold, the latter of whom ran a hedge fund. Others that passed last week were in Oakland and Albany, California, and Boulder, Colorado. They fol- low Berkeley, California, in 2014, and Philadelphia this summer. Bloomberg Phi- lanthropies said it will help others that come forward. The long-term effects of such taxes still aren't clear, with studies of recently en- acted measures still in prog- ress — some of them funded by $10.5 million Bloomberg dedicated to such research. Even if taxes of 1 or 2 cents per ounce hike prices about 10 percent and don't affect how much soda peo- ple drink, the industry fears the stigma of being singled out and the potential for the taxes to be increased. Already, soda consump- tion has been declining, though other sweetened drinks such as sports bever- ages and bottled teas have grown, and obesity rates keep climbing. Still, some the see taxes as a way to curb at least one bad habit, pointing to ciga- rette taxes that helped cut smoking rates. Bloomberg says his phil- anthropic organization is not orchestrating a national push to tax sodas, but pro- viding help when local or- ganizers reach out. "These are things that we did not start," he told The Associated Press. "They are bottom-up, grass-roots campaigns." Still, his deep pockets are putting advocates on a more even footing. In Oak- land and San Francisco, soda tax supporters had at least $22 million in cam- paign contributions this year, largely from Bloom- berg and the Arnolds. Tax opponents had $30 million, reflecting the beverage in- dustry's determination to kill the measure. Howard Wolfson, a Bloomberg adviser, also provides expertise to tax proponents, including feed- back on campaign materi- als. In San Francisco this fall, TV ads featured the city's mayor saying the tax would help the "smallest San Franciscans," followed by the faces of smiling chil- dren. "Big Soda is telling big lies," a doctor says in one ad. Even failed measures like New York's serve a purpose, Bloomberg said. "The whole idea was to get a message out," he said. "If It just went through, it wouldn't have been a big deal." Wolfson said other cities will want to replicate the successful efforts to raise revenue, improve public health, or both. Healthy Food America, which is funded by the Arnolds, said 20 other cities and states expressed interest in such taxes in recent months. The group gives advice on how to structure measures so they'll pass, and the type of opposition to expect. "The industry is pretty predictable," said Jim Krieger, who heads Healthy Food America. 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