Colin Murphy: In a blue-collar New York bar, Trump voters have a message for Ireland

The Republicans I met in a Brooklyn pub last month have been politicised by Covid and fears over immigration

Colin Murphy with ‘Moe the Lib’ outside Farrell’s Bar in Brooklyn. Photo: Michael Quinn

Colin Murphy

I walked into Farrell’s Bar & Grill in Brooklyn looking for Trump voters. I was there with Michael Quinn, whose maternal grandparents emigrated from Dublin and whose father and grandfather drank here all their lives.

I had asked him where to find Trump fans in New York. “I’ll bring you to just the place,” he said.