Former President Trump is going to the Bronx today for a big rally to try and court black and hispanic voters in the deep blue state. He’ll be the first Republican candidate since Reagan to come to the Bronx.
The rally begins at 6PM and you can watch it below:
Here are some scenes from Crotona Park:
South Bronx- Despite heavy rains this morning, Trump supporters have been out here lined up since as early as 8am for Trump’s rally which starts tonight at 6.
Many of them are drenched from the rain but in good spirits for tonight’s rally. pic.twitter.com/msEuw5NXep
— Savanah Hernandez (@sav_says_) May 23, 2024
MORE- The crowd at Crotona Park is getting larger as Trump supporters from the Bronx continue to arrive, via @GavinWax pic.twitter.com/6oC0t1NSO5
— Overton (@OvertonLive) May 23, 2024
Currently at Crotona Park. @News12BX pic.twitter.com/W3hXS19lAD
— Heather Fordham (@heatherfordham_) May 23, 2024
Meanwhile, Biden has launched racist videos against Trump claiming he doesn’t like black people:
President Biden’s campaign launched race-baiting attack ads against former President Donald Trump in New York on Thursday — depicting the presumptive Republican nominee as anti-black ahead of his rally in the Bronx.
Trump’s campaign stop in the borough — which is historically deep blue — will be an opportunity for the former commander-in-chief to court black and Hispanic voters, who make up a large percentage of the New York borough.
Biden’s campaign swiftly went on the offensive, launching a TV and radio blitz ahead of the 6 p.m. rally in Crotona Park — highlighting the former president’s comments about the “Central Park Five” case in which five black teenagers were wrongly convicted of beating and raping a woman in the New York greenspace.
The TV ad, titled “Contempt,” shows a clip of Trump’s 1989 interview with Larry King, where the real estate mogul says of the teens, “of course I hate these people.”
Trump also took out full-page ads in several Big Apple newspapers at the time that said, “Bring Back The Death Penalty. Bring Back Our Police!”
The ad also claims Trump discriminated against black families in the 1970s, “stood with violent white supremacists” in Charlottesville, and vows to be a “dictator” if he gets back into office.
The 30-second ad will be targeted in Bronx and New York zip codes, and will also air in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pa., Atlanta and Macon, Ga., Milwaukee, Wis., and Detroit, Mich.
The attack campaign also comes as Trump has been polling exceptionally well with black and Hispanic voters.
Support for the former president is as high as 23% among black voters, according to a recent poll — the highest percent of support for a Republican candidate since the Civil Rights Act of 1964.