{"id":2224791,"date":"2024-04-18T22:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T02:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-in-play-for-trump-due-to-alvin-braggs-abuse-of-justice-lee-zeldin-says\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T22:02:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T02:02:39","slug":"new-york-in-play-for-trump-due-to-alvin-braggs-abuse-of-justice-lee-zeldin-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-in-play-for-trump-due-to-alvin-braggs-abuse-of-justice-lee-zeldin-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Zeldin suggests that New York is now a contested territory for Trump as a result of Alvin Bragg&#8217;s alleged misuse of justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-in-play-for-trump-due-to-alvin-braggs-abuse-of-justice-lee-zeldin-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2224791&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former\u2064 New York Republican Congressman Lee \u2063Zeldin believes New York, usually a Democratic stronghold, \u2063is now a key battleground for Donald Trump\u2064 in the upcoming election. Zeldin attributes this\u2062 shift partly to\u200b Manhattan\u200b District \u200cAttorney Alvin Bragg&#8217;s handling of \u200bTrump&#8217;s legal issues. Zeldin suggests \u2064that Trump&#8217;s popularity \u200bin New York City could determine his success in the state. Former New York Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin sees New York, traditionally\u2064 a Democratic stronghold, as a crucial battleground for Donald Trump \u200din the upcoming election. Zeldin credits Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg&#8217;s approach \u200dto Trump&#8217;s legal\u200c matters as a factor in this shift. He indicates that Trump&#8217;s reception in New York City might impact his overall performance in the state.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York<\/a> Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin said his historically strong blue state of New York is up for grabs for presumptive GOP nominee <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> in the general election. <\/p>\n<p>Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg\u2019s handling of Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-sees-delays-in-civil-fraud-verdict-and-election-interference-trial\/\" title=\"Trump's civil fraud verdict and election interference trial face delays\">criminal hush money case<\/a> is helping Trump in New York City, according to Zeldin. By the former congressman\u2019s calculations, Trump could win the state of New York if he is popular enough in the city. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">30% of the vote in NYC puts New York in play for Donald Trump\u2026and due to Alvin Bragg\u2019s abuse of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-please-pardon-jon-woods-a-victim-of-process-crimes-like-michael-flynn\/\" title=\"President Trump, Please Pardon Jon Woods, a Victim of Process Crimes Like Michael Flynn\">criminal justice system<\/a>, President Trump will be spending a lot of time in the Big Apple. Let\u2019s turn Bragg\u2019s misdeeds into a fatal political mistake for Biden in November!! \ud83d\udcaa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2pHbFtUfMT\">pic.twitter.com\/2pHbFtUfMT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lee Zeldin (@LeeMZeldin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeeMZeldin\/status\/1781086626065609108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>From 2015 until 2023, Zeldin represented the 1st Congressional District of New York, which encompasses much of the North Shore of Long Island and the Hamptons. Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) won the district after Zeldin ran an unsuccessful campaign for governor against Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when I ran in 2022, what I was saying was if I get less than 30% in New York City, I can\u2019t win; if I get more than 35% in New York City, it becomes difficult to lose,\u201d Zeldin said on Fox News on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He said Trump could use this math to bolster support in New York City while he is on trial. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump can get inside of all these different communities over the course of the next several weeks and get his support up,\u201d Zeldin said. \u201cThe Asian community, the Hispanic community, the black community, and others are only moving towards him.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Trump has tried to use the various criminal cases against him to appeal to black voters. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s why the black people are so much on my side now,\u201d Trump said at a February campaign event in South Carolina. \u201cBecause they see what\u2019s happening to me happens to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A January <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/02\/29\/donald-trump-black-voters-poll\/72756083007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poll<\/a> showed that 83% of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/only-17-of-black-voters-support-defund-the-police\/\" title=\"Only 17% of Black Voters Support Defund the Police\">black voters view<\/a> the legal claims against Trump as appropriate. The same poll found that 12% of black voters would support Trump in an election.\u00a0Additionally, independent candidates, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., could make a big impact in November, with many pundits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2954333\/spoiler-alert-rfk-jr-embraces-chaos-democrats-paranoid-cost-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>seeing<\/a> RFK as more likely to take votes away from President Joe Biden than Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne additional point to add is that RFK Jr. is on the ballot,\u201d Zeldin said. \u201cWhen I ran in 2022, it was a head-to-head battle with Kathy Hochul. In 2024, with a Kennedy on the ballot as well, President Trump doesn\u2019t even have to get to 30% in order to put New York state in play.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/4601727-trump-leads-biden-in-latest-national-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> most recent poll<\/a> for a race between Trump, Biden, Kennedy, and other independent candidates has Trump winning, with 44% of people who were polled supporting Trump, 40% supporting Biden, and 8% supporting Kennedy. When the poll only includes Biden and Trump, Trump still pulls ahead as the winner 46% to 43%.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2016\/results\/states\/new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2016<\/a>, Trump lost his home state of New York by 1,736,590 votes. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2020\/results\/state\/new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2020<\/a>, he lost the state by a larger margin of 1,992,889 votes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former New York Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin believes New York, typically a solid blue state, is now a battleground for GOP nominee Donald Trump. Zeldin attributes this shift to Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg&#8217;s impact on Trump&#8217;s hush money case. Zeldin hints that Trump\u2019s chances in New York City are being influenced by these developments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2224792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24109571891787.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2224791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24109571891787.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2224791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2224792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2224791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2224791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2224791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}