Former President Trump is in talks for a blowout rally in the south Bronx in an effort to woo black voters and turn the Empire State red in the 2024 presidential election, The Post has learned.
Trump was in deep talks about a possible rally with New York Republican Junior President Gavin Wax during a stop at the group’s gala in New York City this week.
“He said he liked the idea, he wanted the club to lead him. I said we have a large Hispanic caucus and a large black caucus that can lead the way,” Wax said.
The two spoke for more than 30 minutes during the gala dinner, and Trump repeatedly praised Wax during his formal address to guests.
“I think he should just walk up and down the Grand Concourse and see what’s going on,” Wax said.
Wax told The Post that the rally should be held in 2024 after the primaries — which he expects Trump to easily sidestep — and that he was inspired by former President Reagan’s own visit to the area in August 1980. The Gipper won New York in the election public holiday that year.
Former president Donald Trump is interested in a rally in the Bronx led by the Young Republicans of New York. Getty Images Former President Trump spoke at length with New York Republican Junior President Gavin Wax. AP There is talk of a Trump rally happening in the South Bronx. Robert Miller
“We’re going to take New York,” Trump said to applause during the dinner. “I believe we have a great opportunity … With hundreds of thousands of people living on sidewalks and streets and illegal aliens invading our cities and states like no one expected.”
Wax said Trump sniffed an opportunity to make inroads with black voters, who polls show are increasingly disenchanted with Democrats and President Biden. Earlier this year, Republicans took a Bronx City Council seat for the first time in half a century and Trump has long been popular with rappers and other black community influencers.
“Democrats have destroyed New York City and they have made life harder for everyone in New York State, and that is reflected in the polls that show momentum for President Trump. The map in 2024 will look a lot different than it did in 2016 or 2020,” a senior Trump aide told The Post.
Categories: Trending
Source: thtrangdai.edu.vn/en/
