Former president set to hold MAGA event at Crotona Park in the South Bronx on May 23.
Trump supporters gathered in the Bronx on Saturday to show support for the presidential frontrunner ahead of his upcoming MAGA rally on Thursday.
Donald Trump’s campaign announced on Friday that the former president would be holding an event at Crotona Park in the South Bronx on May 23.
In videos posted to X, Trump supporters could be seen walking through the streets holding a banner with the words, “The South Bronx for Donald Trump” while people chanted, “Trump, Trump, Trump!”
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
Other signs read, “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.”
Other videos showed New Yorkers, many of them minorities, praising Trump’s policies and urging others to vote for him in November.
“Don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid. Stand with me. Fight with me,” one 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
Another speaker said, “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.”
During a rally in The Bronx, Speaker Kevin Jenkins urged minorities to support Donald Trump for president:
“We have to get together to make sure we support Donald Trump. To make sure we have somebody in the White House that will stand up for us.”
🎥 @NJEGmedia pic.twitter.com/2qGs9itk31
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) May 18, 2024
South Bronx woman: I’m voting for Trump! pic.twitter.com/m3ksucbjUC
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) May 18, 2024
Many Bronx residents also expressed their excitement for Trump’s upcoming visit.
Blacks in the South Bronx are voting for Trump…. here they got a message for Biden
— Chicago1Ray 🇺🇸 (@Chicago1Ray) May 18, 2024
A recent New York Times/Sienna College poll found support for Joe Biden among blacks has taken a major hit, while black support for Trump has surged compared to 2020, in addition to leading Biden in five of six swing states.
Trump has doubled his support among Black voters from this point four years ago. If his support held, it’d be the best GOP performance since Richard Nixon in 1960 among Black voters….
Trump’s doing it thanks to pulling in a quarter of Black voters under 50. pic.twitter.com/qDqBfRVLVA
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) May 17, 2024
The scheduled South Bronx rally comes after Trump visited a bodega in Queens in April where a worker was attacked, robbed, and faced wrongful prosecution by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
