“SMALL AND SAFE” GATHERINGS BUILDING UP OVER TIME ARE A NECESSARY STRATEGY FOR CONSERVATIVES BURNED BY THE JANUARY 6TH FBI-LED “INSURRECTION”.
NEW YORK – Over a hundred conservative-leaning demonstrators gathered at the Collect Pond Park in Lower Manhattan Monday evening, intent on showing support for embattled former President Donald J. Trump, who is expected to be indicted by New York County District attorney over the matter of “hush money” payments to former pornographic actress “Stormy Daniels”.
Trump, who called for demonstrations on his Truth Social account this week while hinting at a Tuesday indictment, is widely expected to be prosecuted over a long-alleged, low-level business misdemeanor. In defense of the 45th President of the United States, protestors gathered in the shadow of the New York District Attorney’s office.
Left-wing critics as well as ostensibly right-wing Trump detractors – including vocal supporters of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis – were quick to mock the New York Young Republicans for failing to turn out larger numbers, who responded by pointing out that the “Occupy” protests held in the nearby Zuccotti Park in 2009 began with just a few dozen dedicated attendees.
Attendees on Monday night also came in all shapes and sizes, reflective perhaps of the diversity of New York City, but also the breadth of support enjoyed by President Trump, rarely featured in the media.
Pro-Trump, anti-Chinese Communist Party demonstrators hailing from China spoke with The National Pulse about their support of Trump, explaining that political persecution was the norm in their lives before they fled their homelands.
“We know what this is, what this looks like, and we are here to oppose it, and to warn people. This is what the CCP does,” one activist remarked.
The event was audibly scored by the profane rantings of a homeless man who police say “is a regular” in the park. Corporate media reporters thronged to the hoodie-wearing vagrant (picture above, right) in order to portray him as a “counter protester”. In reality, the man was evidently unwell.
The peaceful nature of the demonstration appeared to rankle reporters, who began the evening by broadcasting that the protest would turn into “another insurrection” – intentionally attempting to scare off Trump supporters. They ended their night by reporting that media outnumbered protestors by – in some obviously invented statistics – up to 10 to one.
While this was evidently not the case, it seemed rather apparent that both fearful conservatives and corporate media reporters had attempted to dissuade people from attending. Even so, amongst those present, the feeling was that of “small and safe” beginnings, rather than having attempted to fill the park with members of the public for hours.
Organizers told The National Pulse they were pleased with both the turnout and reaction from the press, whose mass turnout themselves demonstrated the power of the Trump movement over his potential primary opponents.
Criticisms of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis were abundant amongst attendees, who expected the self-styled “pitbull Trump defender” to do more than wash his hands of the impending indictment of Florida-resident Trump, while repeating the language of the corporate media surrounding the Stormy Daniels “affair”.
Organizers were also bullish about future planned events, discussing next steps and national rallies in the event of a politicized Trump indictment and trial.
Putting conservative activists in downtown Manhattan on a Monday evening isn’t the easiest feat. And yet scores flocked to the location, after work, in a hostile environment, in order to demonstrate their support for a man so routinely persecuted by his political opponents that for many, it has become less than noteworthy.
The actions of the New York Young Republican Club last night, however, brought it once again to national attention.