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| Donald Trump brings huge crowd to Bronx as he invites rappers on stage |
| 2024-05-24 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Enormous turnout for Trump's rally in deep-blue Bronx is revealed... as hilarious clip emerges of ex-president telling drill rapper guests that he wants diamond dental grill. Donald Trump campaigned before thousands of fans in one of the most heavily Democratic and non-white areas of the US on Thursday in a push to do what his critics believe is unthinkable: Win New York in 2024. The rally crowd in the South Bronx's Crotona Park extended far beyond the 3,500 slated to appear, and thousands were forced to wait outside the fenced in area hoping to catch a glimpse of the 45th president. Worryingly for the Democrats, the rally was packed with black and Hispanic people - two groups who Joe Biden has been accused of taking for granted - and who make up most of the population of the surrounding area. As Trump fights to win minority voters, the real estate mogul delivered an hour-and-a-half speech about the decline of a city he loves - vowing to 'make New York City great again' and be the first Republican to win the state since Ronald Reagan in 1984. 'Everyone wanted to be here,' he told the crowd who waited for six hours to hear Trump. 'But sadly this is now a city in decline.' 'But if a New Yorker can't save this country, no-one can' He also brought on stage rappers Sheff G and Sleepy Hallow. Trump admired the dazzling diamond 'grills' on their teeth, with the bling-loving Republican joking he wanted to get one for himself. At one point during Trump claimed that immigrants from Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere were 'building an army' to attack Americans 'from within.' Sheff G and Sleepy Hallow hopped on stage to a cheering crowd and briefly addressed the massive group. Sheff G said into the microphone: 'One thing I want to say, they're always going to whisper your wins and shout your failures. 'Trump's gonna shout the wins for all of us,' he added. Sleepy Hallow simply said: 'Make America Great Again,' which was met with uproarious applause. As Trump thanked the gentlemen for their endorsements, he once again focused on on Sheff G's grill. 'Thank you very much,' he said to the rappers. 'I like those teeth. I want to find out where you did that.' 'I got to get my teeth like that. I want that to happen to me,' he added, as the pair made their way off the stage. Sheff G was recently released from prison, where he spent fourteen months for charges related to gang activity - Sleepy Hallow was indicted along with 30 others for the same charges. Sheff G previously spent two years in prison after pleading guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in 2021. Trump, himself a former Democrat, faces an uphill battle to win New York, with recent polls showing the president about nine points ahead of his challenger in the Empire State. In 1984, incumbent President Ronald Reagan became the last Republican to win New York in the last half-century. He had also achieved victory in the state in the 1980 presidential election, and prior to that, Richard Nixon won the state in 1972. Margarita Rosario, a 69-year-old who has lived in the borough for more than 60 years, said she saw Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on television the night before suggesting that the Bronx wouldn't support Trump. It spurred her to show up, holding a Trump flag and a poster that said, 'Make America Great Again.' 'I got so annoyed with that. I said, 'How dare she speak for the whole Bronx?' Rosario said. Muhammad Ali, a 50-year-old who lives in the Bronx and said he planned to vote for Trump in November, said he once used to think the former president was a racist but his views have changed. 'We need a patriotic president at the moment and I find Donald Trump more patriotic for the moment than Joe Biden,' said Ali, an immigrant from Bangladesh and worker for New York's transportation agency. At least one New Yorker in the crowd said he knew Trump from his days as a local billionaire real estate developer. Alfredo Rosado, 62, said he'd been a Trump supporter since 1998 when he worked for several months as a fill-in summer doorman at Trump's Trump Tower building. Rosado recounted how Trump had asked his name and stopped to chat. 'He's the same person you see,' he said of the former president. The Bronx happens to be the bluest county in the US. Biden won it with more than 83 percent of the vote in 2020. Trump earned less than 16 percent. In 2016, Trump fared even worse, earning less than 10 percent of the borough's support. But the ex-president is campaigning hard across the Big Apple, while he's stuck in town for his Manhattan hush money trial. In recent weeks, he's made stops at a firehouse, a construction site, and a bodega. 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. 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. Trump is currently facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records over the payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Closing arguments are slated to begin when court resumes on Tuesday. Trump supporters at the rally told Dailymail.com that they don't especially care abut the criminal trial and haven't been paying attention to the testimony on either side of the case. Thursday was also Trump's first rally since former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley said last Friday that she would vote for Trump. Her tacit endorsement came months after dropping out of the primary during which she attacked her former boss mercilessly. But Trump made no mention of his one-time rival. As he wrapped up his speech, Trump said he woke up Thursday uncertain of the reception he'd get in the Bronx. 'I said, 'I wonder, will it be hostile or will it be friendly?' he said. 'It was beyond friendly. It was a lovefest.' 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| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 Humans acting tribal? Oh, my goodness! If you are a single-issue voter, life is simple. In the real world, things are a bit more complicated. Drinks are on me. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2024-05-24 20:58 |
| #4 Thank you for your opinions. Pour another deep one |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-05-24 20:32 |
| #3 Trump will do what the donors want just like last time He never built a wall or even tried. Did not make e-Verify compulsory either, to make it hard for illegals to work. Corporate donors want cheap labor They Don’t want to pay a living wage to the maid and pool cleaner or worse, clean their pol themselves. They want cheap servants So, no wall, mass invasion to continue, USA destroyed. The only anti-corruption candidate you have is Bobby Kennedy. RFK jr would resist the corporations But Americans are too tribal to get over his Democrat roots and vote for him. |
| Posted by: Anon1 2024-05-24 20:16 |
| #2 Joe would need Taylor Swift to get the same crowd. She is too smart of a businesswoman to do that. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-05-24 15:05 |
| #1 AOC hardest hit. |
| Posted by: Deacon+Blues 2024-05-24 13:33 |