Assemblyman Avi Schnall (D-Lakewood) took to the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) today to address a gathering of party leaders, elected officials and delegates.
The focus of his remarks was his recent landslide victory in Lakewood, a town known for its strong support of former President Donald Trump.
Schnall, who secured a decisive win in the predominantly Republican town, warned fellow Democrats against writing off Lakewood and taking its vote for granted.
Schnall’s victory in Lakewood was seen as a significant upset, with many pundits predicting a comfortable win for his Republican opponent.
Schnall’s message to the DNC was clear: We must not take any vote for granted, regardless of how ‘red’ or ‘blue’ a district may seem – because the community votes for the person, not the party.
Watch his remarks below.
TRUMP ONLY… (moderated) It’s a disgrace that he won. If you care about yourself, if you care about others then you WILL ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN. Democrats are woke inhumane corrupt people.
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so many stupid comments here.
actually R’ Schnall is EXACTLY correct.
Yidden are NEITHER DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN
as NEITHER of those parties share Torah values.
Torah values are found in SOME tenets of conservatism, namely personal responsibility and respect of Tradition, and SOME democratic ones, namely concern for the less fortunate, and sensitivity to others feelings
However, by NO means is either of those parties remotely aligned with an actual Torah perspective.
Historically Yidden have been involved in all manner of governments, doing the hishtadlus necessary to assist Klal Yisroel in their various areas.
Was the polish Sejm, or the Spanish monarchies, or the Sultans halls a place alligned with Torah values? Yet that did not stop , Rav Meir Shapiro, or The Abarbanel, or the Rambam from being involved there.
Reb Avi Schnall is going in the exact same mehalech, and, as was certainly advertised in many videos, adhering to the Daas Torah to the tee! Kudos!
Thank you MN, for some common sense
Goose is a highly disturbed that while the Agudah does do some good things they are always being friendly with the Democrats.
Now, more so than any other time in history the Left is the worst it’s ever been to the Jews and the Safety of Jews.
The Agudah Along with Mr Schnall should be publicly reaching out and thanking President Trump.
The President who’s done more for the Jewish people and the State of Israel than any other politician in US history.
Goose usually likes to come here and be humorous but unfortunately this is very serious & dangerous.
The Democrats will sell you down the river for a bag of chips.
Gossage says support President Trump and show him הקרת הטוב!
How can any self respecting jew go to the DNC with a straight face?
The democrats are the party of the 7 deadly sins.
What 7 deadly sins?
*no worshipping idols
*no adultery
*no murder
*no theft
*no anarchy, enact and enforce laws
*no blood drawn when the creature was alive
*no limb cut off when the creature was still alive
6 and 7 aren’t correct, there is one that is eating a limb taken from a live animal, not sure where Democrats do so. The one missing can be called blasphemy.
When did Avi Schnall become senator?
1- it is not within the scope of our efforts as per the directive of our Gedolim zt”l to engage in gross involvement in the national elections at the convention level. the most we have had in the past were quiet community based endorsements. was Da’as Torah consulted before this triple step catapult leap?
2- Jews as a whole are trending Republican both out of concern for the Jews in Israel and other countries and also because of their shared values and definitions of basic societal norms. any deviation from this common agreement needs careful consideration and must be approved by more than one Rabbi.
Why is he advocating for the Democratic party? The reason he ran as a Dem, we were told, is he can accomplish more in a Democratic controlled assembly as a Democrat. He needs to keep quiet. Just like he was voted in with a landslide, he can be voted out the same way.
Not sure if he was even insinuating to the Democrat Party that Lakewood will support that Machsheifa Harris. Cuz if anyone with a semi brain does vote for her they must be checked if they are Bnei Avrohom, Yitzchok V’Yaakov!
Hey Dems! Lakewood will vote overwhelmingly red in ‘24 as it did in 2020! Don’t listen to Schnall you guys stand no chance. Go to Detroit or to Newark.
Was there an Agudah event at the RNC? Asking for a friend.
Agudah does not need an event at RNC, because the GOP is currently friendly to us. They do need to do an event at DNC, because we need every bit of support we can get.
Wrong. The Democrats own Aguda. Aguda does whatever the democrat party wants. They need to start showing interest in Republicans to get Republicans to show up in our community and at our events.
The Agudah attends both the RNC and DNC, in an effort to leverage support of either party, no matter who wins. In no way is that an endorsement of a particular candidate. If they do no attend, it shows that we don’t care who wins. It’s not about who wins, it’s about proper hishtadlus and forging working relationships should the candidate take office.
Show a single picture or video of Aguda being a part of the RNC. I imagine it will take you a long time to find them, because Aguda wasn’t there and didn’t meet with any Republicans.
Trump is right. If you’re still voting left than you got something wrong with your head.
If democrats win lakewood again this November that’d be a problem.
#RedNJ2024
@ first two comments are correct.
Oped letter earlier today about sending corrupt senator Menendez an appreciation letter applies even more so towards President Trump who’s party aligns a lot more with orthodox jews religion. Forget about if you like the guy.
If you’ve followed even some of the Real news the last month you’ll see that it’s impossible to vote for Kamala Harris’ party, who led a coup against Joe Biden.
#RedLakewood
Peace.
Thelakewoodscoop refuse to publish my comment because I did not speak highly of Avi Schnall and his liberal policies. Don’t think that this is a fair and open forum.
Jewish Democrats are a bit like Cattle for Chulent. Jewish Republicans are equally mistaken. Only the K’BH can extract us from this golus, and no matter who we vote for, the leaders are “selected” not elected. Remember, the hearts of kings are in the hands of the K’BH!
True but you still have to vote for the good and not the evil, even if the good is only relatively so, at the end of the day Republicans are more aligned with our values while the Democrats are as far from them as possible. Remember they can exceed their mandate, as we see by the Egyptians, at least according to one pshat.
dear sister, i contend that you have some distorted perceptions. sorry
So sorry I voted for Schnall. Have learned very valuable lesson.
Pearl Herzog
Well said!
Everyone knows that Schnall ran as a Democrat because it was expedient to do so, and was elected because of who he is and not because of his party affiliation. Democrats absolutely don’t take Lakewood for granted because they know that they won’t get many votes there, even if the Vaad endorses them (like Menendez in 2018 or Murphy in 2021).
he is a puppet for the DNC. No Frum politician running in a Frum community should run solely as a Democrat. Doing so is supporting the shmutz of the Democrats.
I don’t understand what everyone is upset about. There is somewhere around a 50% chance, give or take few ponts either way, that Harris will be next president. If she is, we need to do what we can to get her to go easy on us and our brothers in E”Y. Basic shtadlanus, this is what has happened for over 3000 years, (going back to Yaakov and Esav)
It’s not about Democrat or Republican
There’s also a 50% chance Trump will be President. Where were the Askanim? Where the pictures and videos of them shaking hands and back slapping with Republicans? No where to be found. Why not? Because they weren’t there.