Supporters of former President Donald Trump assembled in the Bronx on Saturday to express their backing ahead of his upcoming visit to the city.
Trump’s campaign announced on Friday that the former president would host an event at Crotona Park in the South Bronx on May 23.
In a video posted to X, Trump supporters could be seen marching through the streets, carrying a banner that read, “The South Bronx for Donald Trump” while chanting, “Trump, Trump, Trump.”
Other signs in the video included messages like, “Black Lives MAGA,” “Black Patriots For Trump Rally. The Bronx. 5/18/24,” “Hochul it’s the Bronx, not duh Bronx,” and Young Black Kids Growing Up In The Bronx Who Don’t Even Know What The Word Computer Is. Governor of NY Kathy Hochul.”
The people in the Bronx are feeling represented for the first time in GENERATIONS.
And it’s all thanks to Donald John Trump! Amazing!
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 18, 2024
In another video, members of the group Black Patriots for Trump gathered in a South Bronx park where several speakers urged people to vote for Trump.
“We want jobs, we want fair housing, we want better schools so our children won’t be accused of not being able to know what a computer is. Build some brand new state-of-the-art computer labs in those schools, make the investments into these communities,” one speaker said. “Trump will be here on the 23rd, and we hope to see a turnout. There’s a 3500 person capacity, and we’re expecting to see 3500 people with an overflow.”
Another individual could be heard urging people to “come out and vote for Donald Trump.”
“Don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid. Stand with me. Fight with me,” a woman said. “Because I am here for the people. We the people, it is we the people. I am here for the children, the future of our country, for our children. I have grandchildren, I want a better America for our children.”
#NYC “Black Patriots for Trump” gathered in South Bronx Park to speak ahead of Trump’s scheduled rally and encourage locals to vote for the former president.
“We Want better schools, so our children won’t be accused of not knowing what a computer is”.
A few attendees in proud… pic.twitter.com/KwS5YAoOfx— Oliya Scootercaster (@ScooterCasterNY) May 18, 2024
The weekend before, Trump held a rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, which reportedly had an official attendance of around 100,000 people.
“We are going to register you to vote,” another speaker can be heard saying in the video. “We are going to offer you, if you have a criminal record we will clean and seal your criminal record.”
Trump’s visit to the South Bronx this upcoming week follows his visit to a bodega in New York City in April where a worker was attacked, robbed, and wrongfully prosecuted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
The former president’s visit to the bodega in April drew crowds of people chanting, “Four more years.”
A recent New York Times/Siena/Philadelphia Inquirer poll found that Trump was leading in five out of six swing states. While Trump and President Joe Biden were tied among people aged 18 to 29 and Hispanic voters, the poll found that Trump won over 20 percent of Black voters.
Another poll conducted by the Washington Post-Ipsos in April revealed that 62 percent of Black Americans were certain they would vote, a decrease of 12 points since June 2020. One out of five Black voters who had previously voted for Biden during the 2020 presidential election said they would vote for him again in the 2024 presidential election.
