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NYYRC, a group with numerous ties to the radical right, hosted the event in Manhattan鈥檚 Collect Pond Park, outside the courthouse where Trump later pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke briefly at a rally protesting Donald Trump's arraignment in New York Tuesday, but most of her brief remarks were drowned out by whistles blown by counterdemonstrators. (Photo by Michael Edison Hayden)

The charges are associated with hush 颅颅颅颅颅颅颅颅颅money payments the Trump organization is alleged to have made to an adult film star, Stormy Daniels, who has said she had a sexual relationship with Trump. At the park, counterprotesters drowned Greene out by blowing whistles in a coordinated manner, rendering her brief speech nearly inaudible to anyone outside a few feet of her. The counterdemonstrators also chased Greene to and from her car, giving her no opportunity to mingle with a small cluster of her fans, many of whom came decked out in red MAGA hats.

鈥淭hey have decided to arrest President Trump, who is innocent, on the word of a porn star and a felon!鈥� Greene said of Daniels and Michael Cohen, Trump鈥檚 former lawyer who was previously 聽of a series of charges, among them a campaign finance violation related to the alleged hush money payment. 鈥淭his is such a failure, and this will not stand. People will not stand for this.鈥�

Right-wing operative and disinformation peddler Jack Posobiec appears at the rally to protest former President Donald Trump's indictment. Posobiec gave brief remarks then quickly left the event. (Photo by Michael Edison Hayden)

NYYRC鈥檚 clumsy, abbreviated event also featured the disinformation specialist and outspoken bigot Jack Posobiec, who at times looked visibly uncomfortable in a chaotic crowd heavily populated by Trump critics. A protester repeatedly yelled, 鈥淛ack, are you on Bumble?鈥� at Posobiec, referring to that dating app releasing a statement in January 2018 that they removed him following user complaints. (At the time, Posobiec denied using Bumble.)

鈥淭hey want us to go home. They want us to be silent. They want us to quit. Well, I can鈥檛 quit! I鈥檓 not going to quit!鈥� Posobiec yelled into a bullhorn in a speech that lasted a little under two minutes.

Posobiec spoke to a markedly smaller and less enthusiastic audience than Greene did

and appeared to depart the event before other speakers had finished giving their speeches. His hosts, NYYRC president Gavin Wax and NYYRC executive secretary Vish Burra, previously platformed Greene and Posobiec in December 2022 at their group鈥檚 annual gala.

Some attendees at the New York Young Republicans Club event protesting Donald Trump's arraignment sported skull face masks, a popular signifier among neo-fascist groups, including neo-Nazi accelerationists. (Photo by Michael Edison Hayden)

Burra appeared to perform a dual role as hype man and bouncer at the event, physically pushing the crowd of reporters, protesters and supporters at the event to make room for Greene鈥檚 entrance. Burra performed a similar task for disgraced New York Rep. George Santos earlier that morning. Santos arrived dressed in sunglasses, a gray blazer, a dress shirt and no tie. He left a half hour before the event started and did not speak alongside Greene and Posobiec. A reporter for The Hill .

鈥淣o,鈥� he said. 鈥淏ecause you guys make it unbearable to be here.鈥�

Supporters of former President Donald Trump rally against his arraignment in Manhattan on Tuesday. (Photo by Michael Edison Hayden)

Harder-edged extremists also mingled among the pro-Trump faithful. Hatewatch spotted a person wearing a Proud Boys T-shirt on livestream footage of the event. Hatewatch also photographed someone wearing a MAGA hat and a skull mask, which is a common signifier among neofascist groups, including some accelerationist neo-Nazis.

Bizarre conspiracies around China

NYYRC鈥檚 speakers included Kevin Smith of Long Island Loud Majority, a hard-right, pro-Trump activist group with a significant presence in Suffolk County. It also featured a slate of even more obscure speakers who sowed conspiracy theories that China had infiltrated the U.S. justice system, blaming Trump鈥檚 legal problems in part on this incursion.

A Trump supporter (center) shakes his head and right-wing operative Jack Posobiec (bottom left, in sunglasses) shrugs as the rally to support Trump on the day of his indictment gets drowned out by hecklers. (Photo by Michael Edison Hayden)

Posobiec is among the right-wing figures who took money from Gettr, a fringe social media website that was surreptitiously run by Chinese expatriate Guo Wengui, aka 鈥淢iles Guo,鈥� according to reporting published by 聽Wengui has repeatedly pushed conspiracy theories and rhetoric suggesting China covertly controls aspects of American life. NYYRC has also hosted frequent Posobiec collaborator Steve Bannon, who is 聽to Wengui. The Department of Justice arrested Wengui on fraud charges on March 15.

鈥淭his country鈥檚 justice system has already been weaponized by the Chinese communist party!鈥� a woman described by Wax as a Chinese dissident shrieked into the bullhorn during a quick speech.

Another man, who described himself as a pro-Trump rapper, made similar comments.

Jack Posobiec appears next to a speaker from the hard-right activist group Long Island Loud Majority during the rally Tuesday to protest former President Donald Trump's arraignment. (Photo by Michael Edison Hayden)

鈥淲ith everything going on with the spy balloons 鈥� they鈥檙e indicting Trump all at the same time that they indicted Miles Guo 鈥� they put Miles Guo in jail! 鈥� All of this together and the CCP is at the heart of it all! They鈥檙e at the heart of everything that鈥檚 going on right now! 鈥� And if we want to help Trump, we need to get with the program and understand who鈥檚 the source. Where鈥檚 this coming from? It鈥檚 from the CCP,鈥� the man bellowed into the bullhorn. 鈥淪o 鈥� USA!鈥�