
Trump to Rally in Deep Blue Bronx
Published on May 23, 2024
Former President Donald Trump’s rally, set for this evening in the South Bronx, is causing a stir. Allies applaud him for wading into such hostile Democrat “blue” territory, in an apparent effort to court the area’s large ethnic population—the first such effort from a GOP presidential contender in decades. Gavin Wax, president of the New York Young Republican Club, praised President Trump for making “a great move, expanding the Republican Party.” About 77 percent of Bronx Countians are black or Hispanic, U.S. Census data show; then-candidate Joe Biden won the area by nearly 68 percentage points over President Trump in the 2020 election....
