Protesters Crash Donald Trump's Midtown Fundraiser: Reports

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — President Donald Trump received his customary New York City welcome while attending a Republican National Committee fundraiser Wednesday evening at a Midtown Manhattan hotel.

Protesters to to the streets outside the Lotte New York Palace Hotel on Madison Avenue between East 50th and 51st streets to picket the fundraiser and mercilessly boo Trump and his cohorts, according to several reports from the scene.

Chants included the classic "lock him up," as well as the more inventive "liar, thief, predator-in-chief." Following with the newest trend in New York City protests, a Mariachi band was also in attendance.

The group Rise and Resist organized the protest, which more than 500 people said they were "interested" in attending on a Facebook event page.

"When America has faced the worst of injustice, people took to the streets and won. That's why we're in the street today," Rise and Resist member Martin Quinn said in a statement.

The NYPD closed off the four blocks surrounding the Lotte New York Palace Hotel to all vehicle traffic before, during and after the fundraiser. The streets were shut down at 2 p.m. and were expected to remain closed until 8 p.m., according to the NYPD's Midtown north precinct.

The Midtown Manhattan fundraiser is expect to raise about $5 million in one night, Republican National Committee officials told AM New York. About 75 people are expected to attend the event, according to the report.

Before the fundraiser, Trump attended an "immigration forum" on Long Island where he mainly talked about the violent street gang MS-13. Trump won't be staying in his Trump Tower penthouse Wednesday night. He's scheduled to head straight back to Washington D.C. by way of JFK Airport after the fundraiser, AM New York reported.

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