The man told a reporter that he had tried to set himself on fire as a protest against the president-elect.

“I was trying to set myself on fire as an act of protest,” the man told NBC Washington. “Protesting the fact that we’ve elected somebody incapable of respecting the Constitution of the United States.”

The man’s injuries were not visible in the video, and more information about his condition was not immediately available.

NBC DC / Via Twitter: @shomaristone

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