New York City’s giant Halloween Parade on Saturday brought thousands to the streets to celebrate the ghoulish and spooky — from US presidential candidate Donald Trump to witches and bacon.
Organized on balmy autumnal night, it was the 42nd edition of a parade that marches up Sixth Avenue and calls itself the largest celebration of its kind in the world.
Keeping it political, there were partygoers dressed as Trump, a Republican, and a witch-puppet on a broomstick themed on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Keeping it sporting, revelers donned Mets hats or shirts in honor of the once-moribund New York team’s place in the World Series, 30 years after they previously clinched victory.
Rashers of bacon and posters proclaiming love for pork were also popular — just days after the UN said that cured meats are carcinogenic.
Pediatrician Alon Leibovitz, 38, was one of those dressed as Trump, loathed by a swathe of Democratic New York for his bombastic style and opinions on immigration.
“There’s not that many news stories,” he said, dressed in a gray suit, Trump blonde wig and Trump campaign trucker hat promising to “make America great again.”
“He’s very funny,” Leibovitz told reporters.
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