In another example of minorities siding with Trump in the upcoming election, several Orthodox Jewish groups organized at least four rallies spread across the New York City area on Sunday, October 25. The organizers are calling it a “pro-G-d, pro-freedom, pro cops, and pro-Trump Freedom Rally.” Starting in Brooklyn, a parade of people in cars, many sporting Trump flags and blaring pro-Trump music, passed Trump Tower, assembled in Marine Park for the main rally event, and listened to speeches. Videos of the gathering show large crowds of Orthodox Jews cheering for President Trump and waving American flags.
Long Island resident and father of two Jacob Reich drove from his house to Woodmere after hearing about the rally. When asked about it, he said:
It’s tough to make it to a Trump rally. Obviously, this isn’t the same as that experience, but it’s all about us coming together as a community, showing our support for the president, showing our support for the police, showing our support for patriotism.
The rally-goers carried Trump flags and shouted out slogans such as “Four More Years!”
President Trump electrified the crowds when he Tweeted out, “Have a GREAT ‘MAGA-GRAS’ Rally today on our wonderful Long Island. Cut Taxes, Stop Crime, VOTE FOR TRUMP. Our City and State are a MESS. What do you have to lose? Thank you!!!”
One of the organizers, 29-year-old West Babylon resident Shawn Farash, delivered a stirring speech to the sea of thousands of attendees wearing MAGA hats at East Meadow’s Eisenhower Park.
“Remember when Cuomo said Trump better have an army to walk down the streets of New York?” Farash, addressing eventgoers from a stage, screamed into a microphone. “Well, over the past seven weeks … we have built him that army!”
The crowd roared back to him, enthusiastically chanting, “Trump, Trump, Trump!”
At another rally point, Heshy Tischler and several others in the Pro-Trump car parade stopped in front of Trump Tower in Manhattan’s Columbus Circle to make a video. In the video, he said:
Mr. Trump, I’m sorry for all the other idiots who are not voting for you, but I’m voting for you, we’re going to make sure the votes go through, right now, I see a lot of support for Mr. Trump. I see this city turning red.
As the rally neared Trump Tower, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani joined the caravan on 5th Avenue while on his way home from an interview. Giuliani had his window down and waved at the Trump supporters from the passenger seat in one video, with the anti-Trump protesters screaming at him.
Later, he said of it:
I would love to have had a campaign commercial of it and put it on in the middle of America and say, “Who would you prefer for the next four years? This group of foul-mouthed people who don’t seem to have a vocabulary beyond three words, or these very nice Jewish people who are driving in the car and not saying anything back and not doing anything other than exercising their right to say they’re for Donald Trump.”
As has become standard practice with anyone who disagrees with them, Antifa and BLM thugs came out and threw insults, eggs, and other projectiles at the Trump supporters in midtown. Different groups of Trump supporters marched along selected routes and encountered other ruffians who yelled out, “New York hates you!”
The tensions turned into violence, which resulted in seven arrests, several minor brawls, and one person hospitalized.
When an anti-Trump hood called a cop a “fascist” in Flatbush, Brooklyn, the officer used a police loudspeaker to respond: “Trump, 2020. Put it on YouTube. Put it on Facebook. Trump, 2020.”
When videos of the incident appeared on the Internet, the officer, whose name was withheld, was suspended without pay because department policy prohibits officers from engaging in political activity on duty or in uniform, including endorsing a candidate or party.
As the election approaches, the NYPD is preparing for unrest to last for several days and possibly for weeks following the voting results. Polling stations will be staffed by hundreds of police officers for both early voting and on Election Day, with thousands more on standby for protests.
The division in America could not be more clear, and there is little doubt that there is tremendous potential for violence in the aftermath of this election. Americans should prepare for it the best they can.
