Brooklyn Dems follow up MAGA rally at MSG with call to arms at gala

Get out and vote. It’s the Brooklyn way. That was the resounding theme of this year’s annual Brooklyn Democratic Party Gala.

On the heels of former President Donald Trump’s Sunday rally at Madison Square Garden, local, state and federal Democratic elected officials gathered at Giando on the Water in Williamsburg to voice their support for Vice President Kamala Harris and their determination for New York to play a consequential role in taking back the House of Representatives.

The divisive rhetoric spewed at the previous night’s rally loomed large over proceedings – particularly the lewd and racist comments stand-up comic Tony Hinchcliffe had made about Latinos, Black people and Jews. At one point in his speech, he’d called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” In a city and state with a sizable Puerto Rican population, the comments sparked a resounding roar of anger.

“I am so angry about that spectacle that occurred in one of those revered arenas that host our Rangers and our Knicks,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said, taking the stage. “They have sullied that place by their presence.”


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