By COLlive reporter
Hundreds of cars joined a car parade in support of re-electing President Donald Trump on Sunday with a large contingency of frum Jewish residents of Flatbush, Boro Park, Crown Heights and Monsey.
The “New York for Trump” Car parade waved pro-Trump flags, American flags and Israeli flags and blared Jewish music as they drove through Brooklyn and Manhattan.
They later headed to Marine Park, Brooklyn for a pro-Trump rally, with speakers Boris Epshteyn, an attorney and Strategic Advisor for Coalitions on the Trump 2020 Campaign; AJ Catsimatidis, Chair of the Manhattan Republican Party and Dov Hikind, former Democratic New York State Assemblyman.
“We’ve never seen anything like it, Brooklyn Bridge covered with Trump cars, we’re coming out in force, stay home if you don’t like what you see, NYC is coming home baby!!! #MAGA” Mark Kennedy tweeted.
Fox News journalist Joe Shikhman reported: “This isn’t Pensacola or even Pennsylvania. This is just 10 seconds of a Trump car parade on NEW YORK CITY’s FDR Drive today that stretched miles from Midtown all the way to the Brooklyn Bridge. Unbelievable enthusiasm for @realDonaldTrump.”
The cheery parade was met with resistance according to participants and eye-witnesses, with reports of eggs being thrown at vehicles on the Prospect Expressway in Brooklyn, and rocks being thrown at vehicles. The passengers of one Jewish car had pepper spray aimed at them.
Just before 2:00 PM, a pro-Trump vehicle was surrounded by a group of counter-protesters on 5th Avenue in Manhattan. The Trump 2020 flag was ripped off and red paint was thrown on the vehicle.
When the driver and passenger of the vehicle exited, they were physically attacked by an angry mob who surrounded them, shouting and screaming, and physically attacking them. The NYPD took a few suspects into custody in this incident as well.
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Eggs thrown on #JewsForTrump vehicle convoy in Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/IvMC4uGXKN
— NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) October 25, 2020
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Eggs thrown on #JewsForTrump vehicle convoy in Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/IvMC4uGXKN
— NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) October 25, 2020
Jewish Trump parade going down now in Brooklyn NY!#JewsForTrump #TrumpParade pic.twitter.com/FUbVyQXskU
— Yehuda Mehlman (@DJyehuda) October 25, 2020
Orthodox Jews for @realDonaldTrump rally in Brooklyn, heading to meet up with other groups from across the tri-state area in NYC. #Trump2020 #JewsForTrump #TrumpParade #Trumppride #TrumpLandslide2020 pic.twitter.com/stGIyyg37U
— Zyshe N. (@yarmehbp) October 25, 2020
The association that we are making with trump is a big mistake.
Perhaps we won’t feel the consequences for a few years… But we will feel them eventually.
(To those that say that we always supported certian candidates, we have never associated this much before with a individual candidate.)
Maybe it’s just time we don’t get so hurt by other’s opinions. We’re entitled to support who we want . No one is throwing rocks at you for supporting Democratic Party same should go forward Republican, green or libertarian for that matter.
Also as a yid being so worked up in politics we lose focus that hashem runs the world and will make who He wants to win . So no it’s no ones fault of the outcome and our behavior isn’t the fault of our leaders either, we are each responsible for our own actions .
The short-sightedness is astounding. Learning a little history can help us a lot.
But the short-sightedness is on the part of those who think that if Biden is elected everything will be fine (for the country as a whole and for us Jews in particular). They apparently have forgotten, or perhaps never knew, what the old Soviet Union was like, and how the Democrat Party wants to recreate it here (and already are well on the way to doing so, as when people can be “cancelled” for upholding Torah morality against the כי השחית כל בשר “woke” platform).
As a Frum political YouTuber, I am constantly asked by many how a Jew (especially Orthodox ones) can vote Democrat, or at least not support Trump.
It is a Chillul Hashem not to support Trump.
The other party was never going to be this bad for the Jews and for all of america
It makes no difference. They will hate us no matter which side we support…
Can’t wait for another op-ed by another self righteous liberal jew telling us how we are going against “Halacha” by participating in such a parade… Mind you the people writing these op-ed hold anti halacha pro abortion etc views…for all to see on Facebook and Twitter…. But then again they are so open minded and we are just the naive frum ones…how we lasted thousands of years and they have eventually all assimilated is beyond me…lol
Cant stop laughing
Check out the latest collive post. lo and behold… how are ppl so dumb?!
Trump dosent love Jews or hate Jews he loves himself and does things that he feels will win him their support.
This embrace of Donald Trump is a mistake of epic proportions, this does not mean that we should not vote for him it does not mean that we can’t support him. But this epic embrace that is playing out is dangerous. It will come back to haunt us.
Maybe you should go embrace BLM protesters and get a good photo op
Only H-shem knows the true intentions of people, that’s not your job! No one owes us anything and we can show appreciation for the courage it took and takes to give the US school choice, make wise decisions internally and overseas to revamp the US economy, lower taxes for middle and lower class, for choosing the people with the most integrity for Supreme Court and the UN and Housing and Education, for making great efforts – with a measure of success- to have the world recognize the legitimacy of Israel. The list goes on.. for doing things after being tested… Read more »
Beating up people who peacefully express a different view? Throwing rocks and pepper spray at people who exercise their right to choose their political party? The so called ‘liberals’ are anything but liberal, This, in fact, is fascist behavior and it is all about sheker and hypocrisy. These are times where it’s literally pikuach nefesh to do your part. Daven, increase in learning, do acts of kindness. And do the practical hishtadlus of voting for the party that is on the side of good, law and order, and what is humane and merciful.
It’s a shame NYC is overtaken by those who were allowed to come to this great country. Otherwise why they came. And now they are ruining US. God help Trump.
What happened to the liberal rhetoric of being inclusive and accepting ? Suddenly masks aren’t a concern ?
Gotta love the double standards!
Interning to note how people react when others don’t have same opinion as them .
(For the record not really a supporter of either candidate and this just disgusts me)
Four more years!
BIDEN SHOULD WIN
I like Trump plenty but WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS PROVOCATION?
WE ARE IN GOLUS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!
VOTE, SHARE MEMES IN YOUR WHATSAPP GROUPS, BUT KNOW OUR PLACE!!!! ESPECIALLY IN NEW YORK!!
Trump is ruining this country in too many ways to count. You support this? SHAME!
Clearly you are trying to pretend that you are a typical member of this community, in the dishonest way of the typical liberal.
When Trump is finished using our community, we’re next on his hit list. It’s sad that we haven’t learned anything from our past.
For years now you and your ilk have been talking about how Trump will turn against us. And yet it hasn’t happened. (Consider the impeachment, many of the leaders of which were Jewish politicians. Wouldn’t that have been a perfect time for him to do so?) At some point you have to distinguish between your fantasies and wishcasting, and the actual facts.
We should not be backing the democratic party that wants a 2 state “solution”, backs abortion for any reason and at any time, that wants insurance to pay for gender “transitions” and ban “conversion” therapies for those identifying as things against the Torah and wants government identifications to identify them as such. President Trump’s second term agenda states that government should protect unborn life through every means available and defend the freedoms of religious believers and organizations. He has done much to promote peace, including sending some troops back to the U.S. His plan for Eretz Yisroel though seems to… Read more »
Four more years!!!!
I saw a few comments saying that in the long run we will suffer because of this rally So let me take with a grain of salt So we showed that jews are for trump And the anti trump will beat persecute the jews because they voted for trump The goyim is going to hate us either way. we have to show that we believe in trump and vote and make rally to get people enthusiastic to vote or else, in the long run we will be a socialist country and all our freedom of speech,religion will be taken away… Read more »
This idea of us being frightened by the radicals socialist is valid, but only if at the same time we are frightened by right wing extremism, if not our fright is an American fright not a Jewish one.
As a Jew we should be frightened by the radical left (Soviet Russia) and the radical right (Hitler Germany).
The fact is that both forms of radicals are lifting their ugly heads.
As Yidden we have always suffered from the fringes.
Let us not make this a coservative issue but a Jewish one.
Do you know what the word “Nazi” means? It’s short for “National _Socialists_.” Not “right,” let alone “radical right,” in any normal sense of the term. That notion is one that was pushed by Stalin for ideological reasons. Why, then, are you carrying on Stalin’s work?
The whole idea of yiddishkeit is to conserve
It is the mitzvah of pru urevu
To conserve the torah that came from har sinai
Pass them down with a mesorah from generation to generation