Erik Larsen

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MIDDLETOWN - Supporters of Donald Trump who are "disgusted with political correctness, corruption, and the assault on our culture," will stage a public rally in support of the president on the corner of Route 35 and Harmony Road on Monday.

The event is being organized ahead of a meeting later that evening of the Red Bank Human Relations Advisory Committee, which plans to discuss whether it should recommend to the Borough Council that Red Bank become a so-called "sanctuary city." Under such a designation, the borough would not cooperate with a Trump administration crackdown on illegal immigration. In doing so, the municipal government would be at risk of losing its federal funding.

"For decades, progressives have infiltrated our institutions and media, intent on changing our demographics by oppressing American values and giving unequal (unconstitutional) protection/favoritism to foreigners," the pro-Trump rally organizers said in a prepared statement. "These anti-American diversity policies are hateful and violate all of our rights and are designed to make minions of us all while promoting socialism."

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Contacts listed for the rally are Barbara Gonzalez, who is founder of the Bayshore Tea Party Group; and Frank Cott, who is affiliated with the Monmouth County Tea Party Coalition.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Joseph Rudy Rullo, 47, of Little Egg Harbor; said Sunday that he planned to participate in the rally.

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Pro-Trump supporters will gather at 4 p.m. in the parking lot of ShopRite in the Middletown Plaza at 1361 Route 35, and will demonstrate on the corner of Route 35 and Harmony Road for two hours. At 6 p.m., the group will travel to the neighboring borough for the Human Relations Advisory Committee meeting, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on the first floor of Borough Hall at 90 Monmouth St. in Red Bank.

On Feb. 11, a similar pro-Trump rally — entitled "Day of the Deplorables" — was held at the same location, which attracted about 20 people.

Erik Larsen: 732-682-9359 or elarsen@gannettnj.com