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Trump Supporters Spit on Protesters Outside NJ Rally, ‘I Want to P*ss on Your Face!’
Not far from where his Atlantic City casino empire once stood (and fell after several bankruptcies), Donald Trump returned to the Jersey Shore on Tuesday night to speak to thousands of supporters packed into the convention center on the historic Jersey Shore boardwalk.
Trump held one of his raucous and crazy rallies in deep-blue New Jersey for the first time since he was elected president three years ago.
And he excited the crowd by boasting about his record, bashing Democrats who impeached him, belittling the press, pushing for voters to elect his fellow Republicans, and pouring praise on the state he’s occasionally called a second home for decades.
“I love New Jersey, and I’m thrilled to be right here back in the Garden State,” Trump told an audience decked in his trademark MAGA red hats.
But there was also a lot going on outside the convention center.
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“This is what democracy looks like!” shouted protesters, who organized under the banner of the group Cape May County Indivisible. They were gathered in a parking lot a few blocks south of the Convention Center, where they had a permit.
Above, from the boardwalk, Trump fans began lining up to heckle them.
“Where’s Hunter?” they yelled back, referring to Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joe Biden whom Republicans have floated calling as a witness in Trump’s impeachment trial.
Dawn Liston of Williamstown said protesters were spit on by Trump rally goers when they arrived with signs. “I’m sad,” she said. “I’m sad our country is so divided.”
This fine fellow yelled out that he wanted to “piss on your face” to a protester.
The boardwalk is a completely different scene. Protesters gathered beneath while Trump supporters heckled from above. One man said, “I want to piss on your face,” to a woman with a sign. pic.twitter.com/g5l6bDvq3W
— Ellie (@EllieRushing) January 28, 2020
“Lock him up!” protesters shouted about Trump.
“Lock him up”
“Lock her up.” #TrumpWildwood pic.twitter.com/p9IeTVePHd— Amy S. Rosenberg (@amysrosenberg) January 28, 2020
“Lock her up!” Trump fans shouted back, a refrain from the 2016 campaign about Hillary Clinton, as the noardwalk standoff continued in a cold wind. “Go back to your s—hole countries!”
“Go back to your s—-hole countries !!!! Hi, how are you?” Dan Schultz of Maryland at Trump Rally scene on Boardwalk in Wildwood. pic.twitter.com/u01hy8eSX5
— Amy S. Rosenberg (@amysrosenberg) January 28, 2020
From balconies above the protesters and from the boardwalk, the Trump fans tried to drown out the speakers, who portrayed Trump as uncaring and Van Drew as a turncoat.
“Do not think for one moment that this president cares about you at all,” said Kyle Aldrich of the national Indivisible group. “This is not the time to seek common ground. Because I can tell you that the common ground is not there.”
Look at this, just sickening. It genuinely makes me sad.
Trump fans on the Boardwalk try to drown out protesters with chants of “USA, USA” and “there’s only 2 genders!” #TrumpWildwood pic.twitter.com/ZMqjWbRPno
— Amy S. Rosenberg (@amysrosenberg) January 28, 2020
Several Trump fans shouted “Fake news!” at reporters filming them, and one shouted “the media is run by Jews” at a Reuters photographer.
Dawn Liston of Williamstown says protesters were spit on by Trump rally goers on the Wildwood Boardwalk. “I’m sad,” she said. “I’m sad our country is so divided.” #trumpwildwood #WildwoodTrumpRally pic.twitter.com/HqnrRUb5HN
— Amy S. Rosenberg (@amysrosenberg) January 28, 2020
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