No Kings Day protestor NYC
When I went to the NO Kings protest rally there was well over a hundred thousand people marching down Fifth Avenue which was not surprising considering New York County or better known as Manhattan Trump got less than 20% of the vote and did almost as poorly in the rest of the city with the exception of Staten Island. Another factor is that New York City has a very high percentage of college graduates and people who consider themselves non religious. Two groups Republicans do very poorly with. Trump's unpopularity in the city predates his current political involvement and tenure of office. First he was found guilty of racial discrimination on his properties, There was also when his Casinos went bankrupt and over 250 construction contractors were never paid or only were partly casing many of them to go under. But the most notorious case was that of The Central Park Five which was the case of five young black men who were charged in the brutal assault and rape of a young woman. Trump put full page ads in the local papers including the New York Times advocating for the immediate execution of them. The men then spent several years in prison but the real rapist confessed to the crime and was confirmed with DNA evidence. The five men were exonerated and state settled for a 41 million settlement for their wrongful imprisonment. But Trump even after they were released never apologized for his remarks.
No Kings Day protestor NYC
When I went to the NO Kings protest rally there was well over a hundred thousand people marching down Fifth Avenue which was not surprising considering New York County or better known as Manhattan Trump got less than 20% of the vote and did almost as poorly in the rest of the city with the exception of Staten Island. Another factor is that New York City has a very high percentage of college graduates and people who consider themselves non religious. Two groups Republicans do very poorly with. Trump's unpopularity in the city predates his current political involvement and tenure of office. First he was found guilty of racial discrimination on his properties, There was also when his Casinos went bankrupt and over 250 construction contractors were never paid or only were partly casing many of them to go under. But the most notorious case was that of The Central Park Five which was the case of five young black men who were charged in the brutal assault and rape of a young woman. Trump put full page ads in the local papers including the New York Times advocating for the immediate execution of them. The men then spent several years in prison but the real rapist confessed to the crime and was confirmed with DNA evidence. The five men were exonerated and state settled for a 41 million settlement for their wrongful imprisonment. But Trump even after they were released never apologized for his remarks.