HOWELL – The Garden State Deplorables, a group of conservatives with the goal to “Make New Jersey Great Again” held a rally at the Judy Blume service area to show their support for the president and for Immigration Customs Enforcement, two things which they believe have come under unnecessary scrutiny in the modern day.
They waved banners, displayed flags on their trucks, played music, and much more at the service area before moving out in a caravan to set up shop across the street from an anti-Trump, anti-ICE protest that was in progress on Atlantic Avenue in Neptune, right in front of the CVS. Once the Trump supporters arrived at the scene, both sides engaged in a stand-off across the street from one another, occasionally hurling insults to the other side.
“I believe that our country is a country of immigrants, that come here legally, not illegally, not coming over here, not being put all over the country,” said one of the pro-Trump members of the rally. “I don’t believe we should be supporting illegals. I don’t believe we should be giving them food, shelter, medical, I don’t believe in any of that. They should all go home, and they should fix their countries at home, or they should come here the right way.
“They are terrorizing us. I should not be afraid to walk the streets, that some bunch of guys are going to come and hit me in the head with a rock, rape me, and kill me. I should not have to worry about that,” they said.
“I love Trump, I think he is doing the right thing. If they want to protest they can protest all they want because that is our right. But they have to protest peacefully. They can’t go around blocking cars. They can’t go around throwing stuff at people,” said one of the pro-Trump members of the rally.
It should be noted that this quote was spoken at the Judy Blume Service area before the pro-Trump caravan arrived at the CVS. Both sides of the protest kept everything fairly under control when they were lined up across from one another, except for a few insults that were exchanged back and forth. The Tinton Falls police kept an eye on the situation the entire time.
The Anti-Trump, Anti-ICE rally was put on by a coalition of activist groups who wanted to show their opposition to the war in Iran, their disgust with the actions of ICE agents, and their overall disapproval of how the president is running the country, especially regarding the SNAP cutbacks that have come as a result of the Big Beautiful Bill.
“It’s a little overwhelming that there are just so many things to protest,” said Theresa Blackburn, one of the organizers of the anti-Trump rally.
“ICE is not following the Constitution. They are not using due process, they aren’t serving warrants, they killed two people and injured others. They are not listening to people, many of whom are in the process of becoming legal, some of them are current citizens who are being profiled because they look Mexican,” said one anti-Trump protestor.
A large portion of those who participated in this protest belong to three groups called Outrage Into Action, Shore Area NOW, and Jersey Shore Blue. Jersey Shore Blue also organizes a protest every Wednesday in Red Bank to display its disapproval of the current administration.
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