As the election day approaches, there have been multiple incidents in New York where Trump supporters have been attacked by Democratic Party voters. Some have been kicked out of gyms, while others have been left bloody with punches to their faces.
According to the Bath Police Department in Steuben County, New York, they arrested a 60-year-old man named Robert Yott last Friday (November 1) for assaulting a stranger. The man repeatedly punched the stranger, causing the victim’s nose and mouth to bleed. Yott did not know the victim, but attacked him simply because the victim was wearing a red “2024 Trump” hat. Yott was arrested and charged with felony assault, and is currently being held in a New York State prison.
Reports from the local media outlet The Wellsville Sun indicate that Yott is an author who has written two books on military history.
In a video circulating on the internet, a young man from New York City named Jared Zoneraich was kicked out of a gym last Saturday for wearing a Trump t-shirt. In the video, the manager can be heard telling him, “Cover up that Trump shirt or get out.”
A Twitter user named “The Persistence” shared the video and mentioned that she had spoken with Jared, who did not vote for Trump in 2016. However, he has shifted towards the right due to the “growing anti-Semitism within the Democratic Party.” Jared, who is Jewish, stated that he will be casting his vote for Trump on November 5th for “safety and the American dream.”