New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters Monday that he plans to look into a claim that vehicles driving in pro-Trump caravans within the city hid their license plates during the event.
“That certainly worries me,” de Blasio said. “That’s not something that is acceptable, and we will certainly follow up on that.”
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Cars covered with campaign signs and banners in support of President Trump blocked traffic around the New York metropolitan area on Sunday, while anti-Trump protesters collided with law enforcement in Manhattan.
Videos posted online showed vehicles at a standstill at noon on the Garden State Parkway going north near Lakewood, New Jersey, resulting in a 5-mile traffic gridlock. Another massive pro-Trump caravan was spotted on the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge that same afternoon.
One week ago, a pro-Trump caravan rolled through Manhattan on Fifth Avenue and clashed with anti-Trump activists who hurled eggs and insults at the vehicles and pepper-sprayed passengers in their cars.
Pro-Trump caravans and boat parades became popular during the coronavirus pandemic as a way to show support for the president’s campaign in a socially distanced way. More recently, the long caravans made their way into Democratic-run cities, such as Portland and Los Angeles, where counterprotesters often emerged and clashed with the Trump supporters.
