Trump is set to rally in the Bronx, one of the bluest counties in the country, as he seeks to win over minority voters disenchanted by President Joe Biden.
The event in the rolling 130-acre Crotona Park will be situated in a neighborhood composed of predominantly Hispanic and black residents, a stark change from Trump’s typically majority-white rally sites.
Despite being a criminal defendant in the state, Trump, whose attendance at trial is required, has made nearly every court appearance a miniature campaign stop. He often bashes Biden and New York’s Democratic leaders before and after he enters the courtroom, and at times, he has ventured out to a bodega or fire station after his court days to engage with residents.
Biden, for his part, attacked Trump ahead of the rally by releasing campaign ads on Thursday highlighting his opponent’s “racist record.” The president pointed to Trump’s suggestion decades ago that the “Central Park Five” deserved the death penalty. The five black teenagers, convicted in 1990 of rape, later had their convictions overturned.
“The Biden campaign is panicking because they see that Black voters aren’t buying what Biden is selling, and President Trump is receiving a record high support in the polls from Black voters that we haven’t seen in decades,” a campaign spokesperson said.
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