NY Official Describes Officer Diller Mourners Giving Trump An ‘Ovation’ At Funeral Home: ‘Never Seen At a Wake’

Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade got some insight into Donald Trump’s visit to a funeral home Friday for the wake honoring fallen Officer Jonathan Diller.

After Friday’s wake at which Trump delivered brief remarks to the press, Kilmeade broadcast live from Long Island ahead of Saturday’s funeral and honors for Diller that’s expected to draw streams of mourners.

Kilmeade spoke with Executive of Nassau County Bruce Blakeman about the unusual scene as the former president greeted mourners inside. Blakeman said Trump met with Diller’s widow, Stephanie and spoke to family members at the wake.

Then Stephanie introduced the president to the family members, and he paid his condolences to each of the family members. And then they stopped him and asked him to sit down and sign a mass card. He did that. He sat down, signed the mass card. On the way out, Jonathan’s grandmother stood up and said, “Would you give me a hug?” and President Trump grabbed her and they embraced very tightly, and the grandmother had tears coming down her eyes.

And then something happened that I’ve never seen at a wake before. All the friends and family of Jonathan gave him an ovation. Started clapping for the president, and it was very warm, it was very beautiful, it was very moving.

“Big difference the way Nassau County treats their police officers, and the way the NYPD does,” Kilmeade said.

“We’re a very different community. We’re not a sanctuary county, so we don’t have a migrant program. We have a patriotic county, we’re home to a lot of military veterans, home to a lot of cops, a lot of firefighters. This is a very patriotic community that loves law enforcement. We love our cops out here,” Blakeman said.

Kilmeade wrapped up by saying that Diller’s family members “feel like this is the tipping point. They let all these officials know, you have my son’s, you have my brother’s, you have Jonathan’s blood on your hands by your soft on crime policies.”

Thirty-one-year-old Diller was shot and killed during a traffic stop last week in Queens. New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who has been blamed for the crime problem in New York City, is expected to speak at Diller’s funeral later Saturday.

Since he attended the wake, Trump has been using it as a talking point for his claims about President Joe Biden not supporting law and order or police officers.

Watch the clip above via Fox News.