Trump Train shuts down multiple bridges in NYC — but only anti-Trump protesters arrested
Ten people were reportedly arrested Sunday afternoon during an anti-Trump protest near High Line Park in Chelsea. Nearby, a pro-Trump caravan — or “Trump Train” as it’s become known — “blocked traffic on the Whitestone Bridge “and were allowed to move on virtually unscathed, with no evidence of any enforcement action taken,” AM New York reported.
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The Trump Train also blocked the Governor Mario Cuomo Bridge.
When the caravan got to the Whitestone Bridge, the rally came to a stop on the bridge, with some demonstrators getting out of their cars and stopping traffic, despite having a police department escort.
It was not known whether any summonses or arrests were made in this incident. They then continued on to Westchester County for a rally. A planned pass by Trump Tower in Manhattan was still on the agenda, leaders had said.
The caravan grew larger in Westchester County — where the Trumpists again blocked traffic while crossing the Governor Mario Cuomo Bridge.
Watch the videos below.
🚨BREAKING: Trump supporters invade New York and shutdown the Mario Cuomo bridge — illegal and extremely dangerous.
Meanwhile Trump calls for peaceful protestors to be murdered by police. pic.twitter.com/fY8Pv3p7Pt
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) November 1, 2020
This is the “Fuck Your Feelings t-shirt” of grassroots activism. https://t.co/cuVjlvjZCZ
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) November 1, 2020
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Obnoxious Trump supporters in New York shut down Mario Cuomo bridge pic.twitter.com/2HPHpz3CAS
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) November 1, 2020
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JEWS FOR @realDonaldTrump CARAVAN IN NEW YORK CITY — I REPEAT, NEW YORK CITY!
(It stretches for +50 miles)
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) November 1, 2020
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Blocking traffic in New York instead of canvassing in Pennsylvania is exactly how the MAGA movement should end https://t.co/4VuyLeHrdd
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) November 1, 2020
Drone footage shows the absolutely MASSIVE scope of the #JewsForTrump caravan on the Tappan Zee Bridge in New York. pic.twitter.com/6wQHV6JP4R
— SV News 🚨 (@SVNewsAlerts) November 1, 2020
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