NEW YORK (AP) — Skirmishes broke out between supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump as a Jews For Trump convoy of hundreds of cars draped with American flags and Trump 2020 banners rolled slowly through Manhattan and Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon.
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The caravan traveled from Coney Island to the Trump Tower in Manhattan before heading to a rally in a Brooklyn park. Videos shared on Twitter showed several protesters pelting the vehicles with eggs or stones, snatching flags and shouting insults.
https://twitter.com/FANewsAlerts/status/1320398206820360193?s=09
More rocks thrown at #JewsForTrump vehicle convoy in Brooklyn. @realDonaldTrump @NYPDnews @TrumpWarRoom pic.twitter.com/SIOmFETQN7
— NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) October 25, 2020
In one video showing physical fights between several people, police officers detain an unidentified man and protesters chant “let him go.” Another video showed a small group of people throwing objects from a Brooklyn highway overpass at vehicles bedecked with Trump flags.
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BREAKING IN MANHATTAN. Anti-Trump protesters rip flags off vehicles part of the #JewsForTrump vehicle convoy. Throw red paint on vehicles, punch Trump supporters. @realDonaldTrump @TrumpWarRoom pic.twitter.com/qbCeMKWWl9
— NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) October 25, 2020
Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani briefly greeted supporters from the passenger seat of a car driving near Trump Tower during the parade, videos show.
New York City police said seven people were taken into custody in connection with physical confrontations in Times Square. Charges were pending Sunday night.
According to the Jews For Trump website, Sunday’s rally was intended to show solidarity with “the beleaguered Red Zone community,” a reference to the coronavirus hot spots designated by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as areas where schools and nonessential businesses must close to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
The rally follows weeks of tensions in Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods over the coronavirus restrictions. Heshy Tischler, a City Council candidate and leader of Brooklyn protests against the restrictions, promoted Sunday’s car parade on Twitter.
Boris Epshteyn, an adviser to the Trump campaign and co-chair of Jewish Voices for Trump, organized Sunday’s rally in Brooklyn’s Marine Park at the end of the car parade.
Those of us in the thousands who were there , won’t be intimidated nor lectured to , by your negativity.
We were very proud as Jews , to show gratitude and honor to the president of this great country for all he accomplished , and support his reelection. We are fully empowered to voice our opinions : That is , until the democrats G-D forbid rob us of this election.
What we demonstrated today , is that we reject your small mindedness.
Expect the various and sundry Trump haters/dislikers to pull out the chillul Hashem poker card. Nothing doing, chevra. We love the president and we showed it , as loyal Americans.
the jews for trump were attacked and the report reads ”skirmishes broke out between trump supporters and bidden supporters ==so much for reporting the truth
Meanwhile , they put the lid on Biden again.
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that he’s medicated for important events like debates. They work for about 10 days until dementia kicks in again. And Kamala waiting and giggling for a couple of missed hearbeats. Very scary stuff.
Where’s Jonathan Greenblatt, the Obama worshipprer of ADL?
Where’s Kamala’s Jewish husband ?
Where’s Schumer ? NADLER THE HOAXER ?
The face of the left…taking your freedom away…
Vote red! Maga 2020. America is losing its freedom and it will go from bad to worse if blue comes in. At least they are transparent in their hate. We have rights in this country..and they should have been arrested on the spot…but wait….we have a Democratic boss! They had the same option. Organizing a rally for Biden. But…who would turn out??
When a President frees Rubashkin, a man who was put into jail for 27 years for a “Crime” that shouldn’t have been more then a fine, It is a Kiddush H-m to show Hakaras Hatov for that.
I wasn’t able to join, but I’m so proud of you guys. Love you all.
Nobody got arrested. Vile criminal democrat politicians
looks more like an occasion for the photograbbers….
It’s nice to see that the Trump crowd has finally embraced the LGBTQ community by playing the gay anthem YMCA.
That is uncalled for.
What a chilul Hashem. This is totally against halacha. Go to a place to incite hatred against Jews? Put your lives in danger for nothing?