{"id":2251990,"date":"2024-05-24T09:37:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T13:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/diverse-bronx-rally-crowd-hopeful-trump-can-win-new-york\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T09:40:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T13:40:27","slug":"diverse-bronx-rally-crowd-hopeful-trump-can-win-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/diverse-bronx-rally-crowd-hopeful-trump-can-win-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Varied Bronx rally attendees optimistic about Trump&#8217;s chances in New York"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fdiverse-bronx-rally-crowd-hopeful-trump-can-win-new-york%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=2251990&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 President \u2062Donald Trump made a surprising visit to the predominantly Democratic South \u2063Bronx, where he received a warm welcome from thousands of\u200d diverse attendees. The\u2063 rally, which included individuals of\u2062 various ethnicities, showcased support for Trump&#8217;s campaign efforts to flip traditionally blue areas to red. Despite historical \u200cvoting trends, attendees expressed optimism about Trump&#8217;s chances in\u2063 New York.  <\/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><strong>NEW YORK<\/strong> \u2014 Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> ventured Thursday night into one of the most Democratic counties in the country, where he was warmly welcomed by what appeared to be a crowd of several thousand.<\/p>\n<p>Those in attendance at the Crotona Park <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3015153\/trump-deeply-blue-bronx-hispanic-black-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rally<\/a> in South Bronx were white, Hispanic, black, and Asian, resulting in a far more diverse makeup than is typical for the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>president<\/a>\u2018s campaign events.<\/p>\n<p>Cristian Ramos, a Bronx resident from Ecuador, said former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio first turned him off to the Democratic Party and that he planned to vote for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want it back to Republican area, and Bronx could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-county-that-voted-for-biden-to-lose-100-million-over-mlb-relocating-game-after-biden-remarks-report\/\" title=\"Georgia County That Voted For Biden To Lose 0+ Million Over MLB Relocating Game After Biden Remarks: Report\">turn blue<\/a> to red,\u201d Ramos said.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Cristian Ramos (left), a resident of the Kingsbridge neighborhood, attends a Trump rally in Bronx, New York, May 23, 2024. (Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ramos, who said he owns a mobile phone repair business, said de Blasio \u201crefused to have a conversation with the prisons, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>police department<\/a> \u2026 so they have a not good relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter that, all that happened is a lot of people do whatever they want on the street, on the train, in the subway and the bus stations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Jewish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jewish<\/a> New Yorkers also peppered the event, including several in New York\u2019s Hasidic population.<\/p>\n<p>Ariel Kohane said Trump\u2019s \u201cgonna win New York. He\u2019s gonna win 49 or 50 states. His poll numbers are showing that he\u2019s very close in New York and New Jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Ariel Kohane, a New York City resident, attends a Trump rally in Bronx, New York, May 23, 2024. (Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><figcaption>A pair of Hasidic Jewish supporters await Trump\u2019s arrival at a rally in Bronx, New York, May 23, 2024. (Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump\u2019s unusual appearance in the Democratic stronghold came as he aims to appeal to black and Hispanic voters, particularly as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3001488\/better-off-under-biden-fifty-four-percent-say-no-most-black-hispanic-people-agree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>polls<\/a> show his opponent, President Joe Biden, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3004475\/black-voters-fleeing-biden-democrats-inflation-extremism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>struggles<\/a> with maintaining his party\u2019s typically tight grip on those voting blocs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho said we\u2019re not gonna win New York? We\u2019re gonna win New York so big,\u201d Trump said to approving cheers. \u201cYou know if we win New York, we win the whole thing. Wouldn\u2019t it be nice?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The state has not voted for a Republican president since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Ronald-Reagan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ronald Reagan<\/a> in 1984. Trump has garnered nearly 40% of the vote in the last two elections, but his visit to the Bronx was a sign of his ambition to flip New York. The jurisdiction was second only to Manhattan in terms of the state\u2019s highest percentage of Biden votes in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Trump lost in the Bronx in the last election by nearly 70 points, but he lost by more in 2016, an indication that Trump\u2019s appeal has strengthened in an area dense with poor and working-class voters.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump was on atypical rally turf in the Bronx, where more than half of the residents are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Hispanics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hispanic<\/a> and another approximately 30% are black, he appeared at home as he hearkened back to his New York roots throughout much of the event.<\/p>\n<p>Initially famous as a New York real estate mogul, Trump recalled with nostalgic detail his involvement in renovating the Wollman Rink in Central Park, the \u201cmagnificent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dustin-johnson-joins-saudi-backed-tour-risks-being-banned-by-pga-tour\/\" title=\"Dustin Johnson Joins Saudi-Backed Tour, Risks Being Banned By PGA Tour\">world-class golf<\/a> course\u201d at Ferry Point, and Grand Central Terminal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was very much responsible for the Jacob Javits Convention Center, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Hillary-Clinton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hillary Clinton<\/a> was going to have her big evening. That was not good. Remember?\u201d Trump added, prompting chants of \u201cLock her up!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A woman named Juana, who spoke little English, was less optimistic than others about Trump\u2019s prospects of flipping a solid blue state.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>A woman named Juana attends a Trump rally in Bronx, New York, May 23, 2024. (Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMaybe no,\u201d she said when asked if she thought it was possible. \u201cBut we happy because he\u2019s here,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s appearance comes as his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-speaks-out-on-morning-of-historic-criminal-trial-i-want-my-voice-back\/\" title=\"Trump breaks silence ahead of monumental legal battle: 'Reclaiming My Voice\">historic criminal trial<\/a>, taking place at a Manhattan courthouse less than an hour down the road, nears its end. While the trial is on a weeklong pause, Trump has sat as a defendant in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3014100\/who-is-the-victim-of-trumps-bookkeeping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-big-problem-with-the-stormy-daniels-hush-money-case-against-trump\/\" title=\"The Big Problem With The Stormy Daniels Hush Money Case Against Trump\">hush money case<\/a><\/a> for nearly six weeks, and a jury is set to deliberate on his fate next week.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of signs and T-shirts depicting Trump\u2019s viral mugshot from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3016144\/fani-willis-appeal-dismissal-charges-trump-election-interference-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>separate criminal case in Georgia<\/a> appeared throughout Thursday\u2019s rally crowd.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Supporters of the republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump gather during a campaign rally in the south Bronx, Thursday, May. 23, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Asked what one attendee, Manhattan resident Lawrence Garcia, thought of the New York trial, Garcia quickly responded, \u201cOh, bull****.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his court appearances, Trump has routinely railed against Judge Juan Merchan and Manhattan District Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Alvin-Bragg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alvin Bragg<\/a> and called the case a Biden-orchestrated witch hunt. However, during his rally, taking place in the very city where he could be convicted or exonerated in a matter of days, Trump mentioned the trial only once as an aside during his two-hour speech.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he focused on a gamut of topics most pressing to the demographic in front of him, including the economy, the border crisis, crime \u2014 and the New York City subways, which he said were \u201csqualid and unsafe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump vowed to renovate the subway system and make it \u201cthe most beautiful transit system anywhere in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To some, Trump was unwelcome in the blue bastion, and a small counter rally with packed attendance <a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/counter-protest-held-during-former-president-trumps-campaign-rally-in-crotona-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>took place<\/a> nearby.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), a Bronx <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democrat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrat<\/a>, accused Trump on X of hosting \u201ctransplants\u201d at his event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s rally may be IN the South Bronx but it is not OF the South Bronx,\u201d Torres said. \u201cBluntly put, the Trump transplants are much whiter than the locals of the South Bronx, which is almost entirely Latino and Black.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump visited a heavily Democratic county in New York to a warm reception from a diverse crowd of several thousand at Crotona Park rally in South Bronx. 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