Bronx Rally Highlights: Trump Receives MASSIVE Welcome in One of the Bluest Counties

It seems nothing these Democrats do in their courtroom can get our President’s spirit down!

Okay, so Trump rolls into one of the Democrats strongholds.

The Bronx, New York.

And what does he see?

Thousands upon thousands of supporters, cheering him on!

Here’s there reaching out to the Bronx community to secure votes.

And it seems the people are with him.

They can see through the Manhattan circus trial and they know a winner when they see one.

You cannot stop what is coming @TheDemocrats pic.twitter.com/gm3MJZ4i1e

— Eric Spracklen🇺🇸 (@EricSpracklen) May 24, 2024

AMAZING! Happening Now in THE BRONX! #TRUMP2024 pic.twitter.com/pmuqiZZgG0

— Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸🦅 (@DanScavino) May 23, 2024

The Associated Press reports:

NEW YORK (AP) — President Trump campaigned Thursday in one of the most Democratic counties in the nation, holding a rally in the South Bronx as he tries to woo minority voters days before a Manhattan jury will begin deliberations on whether to convict him of felony charges in his criminal hush money trial.

Trump, in his speech, cast himself as a better president for Black and Hispanic voters than President Joe Biden as he railed against Biden on immigration, an issue Trump has made central to his campaign. He insisted “the biggest negative impact” of the influx of migrants in New York is losing jobs, housing, everything they can lose.

Some in the crowd responded by chanting, “Build the wall,” a reference to Trump’s push while in the White House to build a U.S.-Mexico border barrier.

With Trump confined to New York for much of the last six weeks because of his trial, the presumptive Republican nominee’s campaign has planned a series of local stops across his hometown before and after court. He visited a bodega in Harlem, dropped by a construction site and held a photo op at a local firehouse.

But the Bronx rally was his first event open to the general public as he insists he is making a play to win an overwhelmingly Democratic state that hasn’t backed a Republican for president since Ronald Reagan in 1984. Besides creating a spectacle of rallygoers and protesters, the rally also gave Trump an opportunity to highlight what he argues are advantages on economic and immigration issues that could cut into key Democratic voting blocs.

“The strategy is to demonstrate to the voters of the Bronx and New York that this isn’t your typical presidential election, that Donald Trump is here to represent everybody and get our country back on track,” said Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds, a potential Trump running mate who grew up in Brooklyn and spoke at the rally.

The former president opened his rally with an ode to his hometown, talking about its humble beginnings as a small Dutch trading post before becoming a glamorous capital of culture that “inspired the entire world.” While Trump established residency in Florida in 2019, he reminisced on Thursday about his efforts to revitalize Central Park’s Wollman Rink and people he knew in the real estate business.

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“Everyone wanted to be here,” he told the enthusiastic audience. “But sadly this is now a city in decline.”

“If a New Yorker can’t save this country,” he went on to say, “no one can.”

Hours before Trump’s rally was set to begin, a long line of supporters decked out in red “Make America Great Again” hats and other Trump gear snaked around the park, waiting for security screening to begin. People were still entering the park well into Trump’s speech, with some eager supporters sprinting up a hill toward the rally site after getting through security.

The Bronx Democratic Party protested Trump’s appearance with its own event at the park.

Members of multiple unions were present, holding signs that said “The Bronx says no to Trump” in both English and Spanish.

“We are used to elected officials, to government officials, to opportunists of all kinds who come to our community and use our painful history,” said Democratic State Rep. Amanda Septimo, who represents the South Bronx. “They talk about the Bronx and everything that’s wrong with it, but they never get to the part that talks about what they’re going to do for the Bronx and we know that Trump is never going to get to that part in his speech.”

This is the OVERFLOW crowd for Trump in the Bronx

OVERFLOW.

There are THOUSANDS of people that can’t even get in.

Incredible. pic.twitter.com/dVqIl9rGQa

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 23, 2024

President Trump moments ago from the Bronx:

“We will immediately begin the largest criminal deportation operation in our country’s history.” pic.twitter.com/35xqdnoBws

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 23, 2024