Protesters disrupt Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce forum to attack Muslim ban
Demonstrators yell, ‘bridges, not walls!’ shout down Donovan
The anger that many Americans feel over Donald Trump’s executive order banning immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S. was on full display at a forum sponsored by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce on Monday, as protesters shouted down U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan when he tried to explain his support for the president’s controversial move.
As soon as Donovan (R-C-Southwest Brooklyn-Staten Island) took the microphone to introduce himself to the audience, protesters who were scattered throughout the National Grid auditorium at One MetroTech Center stood up en masse, held up signs and shouted, “No Muslim ban, Dan!” and “Bridges, not walls!”
Several of the protesters were escorted out of the auditorium by police after they refused to sit down and be quiet. One protester, Mallory McMahon, of the group Fight Back Bay Ridge, shouted, “We refuse to accept a fascist America,” as she left.