Jon Minadeo II, founder of the Goyim Defense League, in Orlando, Florida, September 2, 2023. Minadeo was allegedly seen on a boat bearing swastika symbols and Donald Trump flags, which was hosed down after trying to join a parade in Jupiter, Florida.
Aboat bearing swastika symbols and Donald Trump flags was hosed down after trying to join a Trump boat parade in Jupiter, Florida.
The boat was photographed attempting to take part in the parade on Sunday in the Republican presidential candidate's home county of Palm Beach.
One onlooker, Lesley Abravnel, posted on social platform X at 1:49 p.m. eastern time: "Near Palm Beach right now. All Nazis are Trump voters. Sickening." Abravnel, who has 70,000 followers and supports Kamala Harris, posted two pictures of five people on board a boat with Nazi flags.
Newsweek has contacted the Trump campaign via email for comment.
Abravnel's pictures show two bearded men wearing sunglasses and three other men wearing face coverings on board the boat. One of the men on board appeared to be holding an image of Mike Lindell, CEO of the My Pillow company. Lindell, who is a well-known Trump supporter, recently hit back against claims that his product pricing was inadvertently linked to neo-Nazi propaganda.
Abravnel's post had been viewed over 1.1 million times by Monday morning.
StopAntismemitism wrote that the person at the front of the boat is "known antisemite Jon Minadeo II" and "his cronies from the GDL (Goyim Defense League)," a neo-Nazi group classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Minadeo has a history of neo-Nazi-related stunts, including being arrested in Poland for sharing far-right propaganda at the gates of Auschwitz.
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Jon Minadeo II, founder of the Goyim Defense League, in Orlando, Florida, September 2, 2023. Minadeo was allegedly seen on a boat bearing swastika symbols and Donald Trump flags, which was hosed down after trying to join a parade in Jupiter, Florida.