By Laura Figueroa – Newsday.com
Photos: Itzik Roytman/COLlive
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took aim at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a Brooklyn campaign rally Tuesday, calling his policies “dangerous” and divisive.”
“The fellow who is from New York, I wish he’d get out of one of his towers and actually walk the streets and spend time with the people of this city, because pedaling prejudice and paranoia is not the New York way,” Clinton said to cheers from an audience of more than 300 people at Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights.
Clinton said Trump’s call to block Muslims from entering the United States temporarily was “dangerous” because it threatened America’s ties with Arab state allies.
“We have someone who is running for president who is making it harder to protect ourselves,” Clinton said, noting that her experience as former U.S. Secretary of State made her aware of “how hard it is to form coalitions.”
The Clinton event was billed as a town hall forum on women’s issues. Instead of taking questions from the crowd, Clinton spoke for an hour about her plans to give “women the keys to their own future.” She cited her proposals to promote equal pay for women, and to increase investments in minority- and women-owned small businesses.
Clinton was joined at the event by the city’s first lady, Chirlane McCray, and New York City Public Advocate Leticia James, who both championed Clinton’s work for women and communities of color.
“For the first time in a while New York has a big role to play in the primary process,” McCray said. “There is more at stake than ever, especially for women, women of all ages, women of all ethnicities.”
Fyi, I happen to be a resident of Crown Heights and a staffer on the NYC Council and I was chosen to staff my boss at this event. That said, this was a very last minute thing. We didn’t find out till the morning of the event. The crowd actually was mixed from all over NY but there were many that weren’t there including students. So there is a lot more to this than meets the eye. This is called a whirlwind campaign and many events are very spur of the moment, not advertised until last minute. If you want… Read more »
to save America… # 12 said what needs to be said…
GO TRump !!!
It was at Medgar Evers College. She knows who her constituency is.
Trump is wining and he does care about America I say trump if not Cruz Hilary is corrupt sick manupaltive soineh Yisrael
Why would anyone vote for anyone else besides him? There are many ways that show exactly how much Cruz stands with Israel. For example, he is the senator who went to speak for a religious christian group, but when he was booed when he spoke well against Israel he refused to continue speaking and left the stage. THIS SHOWS SOMEONE WHO REALLY STANDS WITH ISRAEL. Why would anyone even think about voting for Trump????? I would really like to know onetime in a debate when he is asked a question and a) answers the question b)doesn’t go off topic c)gives… Read more »
How can I read so many supporters of Trump here? This man has NO VALUES !! We are supposed to be a light to the nations, do you think this person brings light? I think Sanders does. He may not be a 100% Torah follower but at least he shows decency, honesty, dignity and goodness.
Religious liberty, school choice, cut regulations for small business, strong consistent support for israel, cut taxes to a flat tax accross the board. A man with the courage of his convictions and will stand strong.
destroy us! if u want to live in a NORMAL COUNTRY vote TED CRUZ
how stupid can u be to vote for Hillary!!!!! she has been a crook and liar for decades!!! There wont be an America left if she wins. she will follow in Obama”s footsteps bowing down to Arabs and dictators!! WAKE UP!!!
Clearly not advertized amongst us laymen in CH.She doesnt even know of us hassidic jews here.She is clueless of our needs and life styles nor does she care to know.
I was there great speech vote hillary
Clinton is an anti Semite. Trump couldn’t care less about Israel-first he said he’d support Israel, then recently he said he’d take a neutral stance, then at AIPAC he again said he’d support Israel. Just regular politician garbage. Cruz, from the beginning, said he supports Israel, won’t take a neutral stance etc.
Boruch haShem no members of the Crown heights Jewish community appear to have been there to give any honor or publicity to the vicious anti-Semite Hitlary, good friend of Suha Arafat ימח שמה
Don’t forget that Ted Cruz said in his victory speech last night that he would support religious freedom in our “Jewish day schools” and he would stand by Israel, period!
Haven’t heard that from the others.
#14 you have no clue. At this very moment, there are about 150 FBI agents investigating Clinton. For them to allocate that many resources (bare in mind the size of the FBI, maybe 14,000 total) it’s a big deal. I know from inside sources that this is a very serious case. Don’t blow it off as if it’s nothing. There is more to come, trust me. What she did was totally illegal. People have been locked up, for much less. Remember that this is not a rebublican president going after her. James Comey is a real professional (FBI director). The… Read more »
Really agree with #12
all of it is true.
I was there, along with a friend of mine. It was at meger evers. It was announced just the day before and you had to be on her email list to know about it. It was a very small venue and very few people where there. They probably did this for crowd control. I met a frum woman who was representing jewish communities (not a lubavitcher). Hillary spoke about paid parental leave, and affordable childcare, among other things, which is one topic that is of of great importance to yiddish families. She had not been convicted of any “crimes” despite… Read more »
you said it all
i just want to give you guys a heads up. there are some very influential people in the community, working on a trump event. Not the usual suspects, who couldn’t care less about us and only care about getting a picture to hang in their office, or minivan. we have to show our collective power, by getting behind trump and actually get out and vote on the 19th! im sure most of you have never voted in a primary, but this year is different. New York actually matters this time. we need every delegate possible, other wise the establishment will… Read more »
I love how theres almost zero representation of the religious community in crown heights.
WHERE ARE U PEOPLE!
GET ACTIVE MY GOD.
No one was there because maybe no one knew about it. I for one haven’t heard anything about her coming. Even though I would Boo her anyways……
This woman should not be running for president of this country. She is clearly not a friend of anybody. Just for herself. Hopefully justice will be made. It is very surprising that people knowing of her crimes still vote for her.
go trump
trump is DANGEROUS!
He has no record at all that he actually about the citizens of the usa or
why should there be, I guess they don’t support her
When you look at the pictures and videos theres no frum people whatsoever there shouldve been yeshiva bouchrim at least doing mivtzoim and did she say anything about eretz yisroel?
There is not one Arab state that can or does us any good in fact most do us the opposite, so saying Trump will cause us to cut ties won’t rob him of any intelligent supporters!
I don’t see anyone there. But she isn’t interested in us, and certainly isn’t fighting for us. She is bad news for American Jews and Israel. Go TRUMP!
and this is on col why?
Just wondering where and when this was held