By Pat Loeb
Protestors rally outside the Plaza Hotel on December 11, 2015 in New York, where Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump was speaking at a fund-raising luncheon for the Pennsylvania Republican Party. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, N.Y. (CBS) — Protesters disrupted the annual Pennsylvania Republican fundraising lunch in New York Friday.
The target was featured speaker republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
READ MORE: Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney Says He'll Be Happy When He's Not Mayor Following Fourth Of July ShootingOne group of protesters tried to barrel their way in, but Martha Applesberger was among a dozen people with Jews for Racial and Economic Justice who paid the $1,000 ticket price and stood one at a time, singing or reciting messages of tolerance.
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Trump fan Marc Scoringi says the focus of Trump’s remarks was business, not immigration, though he defended earlier Trump remarks.
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