Democrats For Republican Lee Zeldin's bid for NY Governor

 9/12/22 - NY City Hall- Republican Lee Zeldin counts conservative Democrats among backers of his bid for governor of New York State ... support comes from current and former lawmakers who say they’re no fans of Gov. Hochul, a fellow Democrat. [@RepLeeZeldin]

Many big Democratic Party endorsements of our campaign were announced today by our Democrats for Zeldin Coalition ...  all citing crime as among their reasons. [Flickr Slide Show]

 

.[The Democrats for Zeldin] ... not the first to publicly cross the aisle and come out against Hochul as she seeks a full term in office. Last month, the Brooklyn-based New Era Democrats said they backed Zeldin’s bid. The club, which had supported former mayor Bill de Blasio, has a history of rallying behind GOP candidates, including endorsing Rudy Giuliani and George Pataki for mayor and governor, respectively, in the 1990s. [NY Daily News]

[6 short videos - Zeldin can be heard in Part 5]

Part 1: Councilman Robt F. Holden, Dov Hikind (3:25)- end 8:59

NY City Hall- Part 1 of 6: Councilman Robt F. Holden, Dov Hikind (3:25)- end 8:59. Holden and Hikind slammed Hochul over crime and bail reform ... Hochul’s approach to public safety pushed them to support Zeldin. 

 Republican Lee Zeldin counts conservative Democrats among backers of his bid for governor of New York State ... current and former lawmakers who say they’re no fans of Gov. Hochul, a fellow Democrat...[NY Post]

Part 2 - Councilman Robert F Holden, Stephen Kaufman, former Councilman. Republican Lee Zeldin counts conservative Democrats among backers of his bid for governor of New York State .

 
Part 3 - Madeline Brame, Victims Rights Reform Council

Madeline Brame, the chairwoman of the Victim’s Rights Reform Council, state director of Blexit NY and “the mother of a homicide victim” slammed New York’s bail reform laws in the wake of her son’s death.[Daily Caller]

Part 4 - Michael Kane,Teachers for Choice (0:00 to 2;11); (2:13 - 4:50) Yiatin Chu, Asian Wave Alliance; Ruben Diaz, Sr, previous New York City Council. NY State Senate (4:52-7:42)... end

Yiatin Chu of Asian Wave Alliance: I stand with fellow common sense Democrats who put our community above party to endorse Lee Zeldin for governor. Above all else,, NY must return to the safe city we've all enjoyed for decades and that starts with electing Lee Zeldin as our next governor.

Part 5 - Lee Zeldin addressed the media, taking questions. (One young reporter was persistently obnoxious re congestion pricing.)

Part 6 - Donghui Zang, former candidate for NY City Council   Unfortunately he was very difficult to understand. I kept a brief excerpt that spoke to the merit based SHSAT- Specialized High School Admissions Test - NYC DOE.[https://www.donghuiforny.com/about]

Kathy Hochul gave a no-bid contract worth over $600M to a top campaign donor and paid twice the price for the COVID tests. ... accusations of pay-to-play politics involving the governor. A donor tied to $300,000 in campaign donations received $637 million in state business for rapid tests that were twice the cost of those provided by other state vendors. This needs to be investigated".

  "... survey conducted by the Trafalgar Group showed Hochul with just a 4% advantage over Zeldin, a much closer margin than the double-digit lead seen in most other polls." [ NY Post] [ NY Daily News]

[Where indicated, Pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

#CancelSarsour Protest, Great success, May 25th, 2017

MAY 25 , 2017
12 to  2 pm (rain or shine)

Protest  CUNY Keynote Speaker
Pro-Terror anti-Semite : Linda Sarsour
Protest terror and hate at CUNY-- this will not stand.(Pamela Geller)

"The AFDI demo against CUNY’s obscene invitation to pro-terror Jew-hater Linda Sarsour to give their commencement address was a smashing success! With over a thousand people who came out in a downpour of pelting rain on East 42nd Street outside CUNY’s headquarters on to oppose the mainstreaming of evil. It was an amazing event, a turning point, despite Mayor de Blasio’s nefarious attempts to undermine and destroy the rally." [Pamela Geller]

Speakers included:
Assemblyman Dov Hikind
Milo Yiannopoulos
Pamela Geller
Nonie Darwish, Former Muslims United
John Guandolo, Founder of UnderstandingTheThreat.com.
David Wood, Acts 17 Apologetics

MY THOUGHTS on the event. To begin - It was raining and raining and RAINING for the whole TWO Hours.  But, this did not deter anyone for showing up.

     
                                [2 photos - Mike Grambush]

Even the press, eager to hear Milo speak, hung around. Milo was the keynote, so he spoke at the end. So the press WAITED. In the RAIN. As did we all.

The dedicated patriots enthusiastically jammed the protest area. Everyone hung in there - meeting the challenge of rain and the VERY obnoxious Leftist noise pollution.

[AFDI screen shot with me in red circle]

No rain was going to stop the patriots. NOR did it stop the soc/commie/leftists. So the police line was long and tight at the stage area

                                
(3 live podcast screen shots - Tim Pool)

The ruse .... as long as passersby can move through the sidewalk .... passing their screaming gauntlet, the Soc/Commie/Lefties claim the right to STAND there, SCREAMING. Which is contrary to what we have been told in the past by the NYPD: keep moving, not standing, has been the supposed rule of law - til now.

Moving - no standing - but the lefties bully the system (always) to get their way. So rules change as they need them to change. An electic group of 20-something patriots marched back and forth in front of the Lefties, No standing around for them. [Foot Note - finally have a name for the eccentric Libertarian protestors - PROUD BOYS, a creation of Gavin McInnes]

Saw Gavin McInnes (the Proud Boy mentor) enter the stage enclosure from the crowd behind me. Wondered if he was speaking (he wasn't listed). He was not. Just hung out at the edge of the stage.  Police didn't like him offering a can of Pepsi to the protesting morons.

[my 2 screen shots of McInnes (with goatee) arriving and watching from side of the stage]

As for the abuses heaped upon The AFDI Speakers- by the obnoxious Left - I heard that the reason we were surrounded and drowned out by the Leftists was that the police were sued by the Commies - to be allowed to stand wherever they liked. (no idea if this is correct)

[AFDI screenshot]

Brief video of the crowd and the noise harassment. Noni Darwish was bravely speaking over the din.

Another source reported that when the police moved the Lefties away from the stage, the Commies started making phone calls. Presuming these calls went to someone in "Red Bill's" office, since they were allowed, post-haste, and en masse a return to the staging area where they continued to relentlessly harass the speakers. (I understand the officers expressed frustration at this favoritism). Which is why you will hear the unabated harassment heaped at these brave and dedicated speakers while they gave important and honorable speeches.


I have posted videos of most of the speakers. Pamela Geller's opening remarks on why Linda Sarsour should not be the Key Note Speaker. "CUNY COULD have done BETTER"

Milo Yiannopoulos was the final keynote speaker

Noni Darwish gave an impassioned speech on the dangers of Sharia. She lived it and left Islam  (which infuriates the Left) so they were particularly RUDE to her.

David Wood (excerpted) is a respected scholar on Islam and Sharia spoke of the dangers of leave Islam - the sharia fatwas-  and the dangers for everyone to live - forced - under sharia.

John Guandolo - Ex FBI agent addressed the lies we in the so called (enlightened)  West are taught about Islam and Sharia. And what we can do about those lies.

Dov Hikind  (D) N.Y. State Assemblyman

Parting thoughts from Pamela Geller:

 CUNY has invited a pro-terror, pro-sharia anti-semite to give the keynote commencement address. And they will not reconsider. Universities have dis-invited Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Nonie Darwish, Ann Coulter, Milo, legions of conservative thinkers and voices in defense of freedom, but a vicious, pro-sharia, Jew-hater they will defend to the death and that is it right there. They fear jihad. They fear Islamic supremacists. They know no harm with come to them if they smear, defame, libel or cancel us. They know we don't destroy, maim, behead like Sarsour supporters and their violent running dogs on the left.

On June 1, Sharia advocate Linda Sarsour will be giving the graduate commencement speech at the City University of New York. While no one who believes in freedom of speech would object to Linda's right to speak at a university, a graduate commencement address is a completely different story. The graduate commencement speaker is chosen by the university for the students' final "send off." Couldn't CUNY find someone besides a Sharia advocate to speak at a celebration for students and their families?

Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch calls on Americans to protest:

Some people are responding by insisting that Linda Sarsour should be allowed to speak on college campuses. It seems they've missed the point entirely. No one is saying that Linda shouldn't be allowed to speak at CUNY. (Robert even challenges her to a debate.) The protest is about Linda being the COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER for the graduation. The commencement speaker is the university's choice for who gives the final "send off" for the graduates. CUNY chose a Sharia proponent for the final send off. That's what's being protested. CUNY is trying to ram Sharia down students' and parents' throats.

My next report- June 1st, 2017. Many fine patriots intend to protest outside the the Apollo Theatre where the grads will assemble inside. Wonder if the patriots will be allowed ANYWHERE NEAR the entrance.  To be continued….

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