Radical left-wingers thought they had former President Donald Trump stuck in a box by making him attend his trial in New York, preventing him from doing any traveling and campaigning to rally his base and keep them fired up for the upcoming general election. And, once again, for like the millionth time, they were wrong. Bigly. Their error was YUGE. Because, just like life, Trump has found a way.
No, he can’t really do much in the way of rallies in other states around the country like he normally would do, but he can get creative and do some campaigning right in his own backyard. And you know what, given the kind of response he’s been give, there’s a possibility that the former president might have an opportunity to actually flip New York from a blue state to a red one. Now, that’s a big stretch, but he’s more than likely going to have a much better showing than he would have without all of the boots-on-the-ground campaigning he’s doing there.
According to The Western Journal:
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden received a major endorsement from the 3 million-member North America’s Building Trades Unions. During his remarks on receiving the NABTU endorsement in Washington, the president derided former President Donald Trump, claiming he “looks down on American union workers.”
“Think about the guys you grew up with who you’d like to get into a corner and just give them a straight left,” the president stated.
However, Thursday, the former president issued a response to the union concerning their endorsement without once mentioning Biden, not even in the slightest.
The current presumptive nominee for the Republican Party surprised construction workers, along with other blue-collar workers in New York and man, the place was electric. Folks were absolutely thrilled to see him. Again, this is bad news for the Democratic Party and their hold over the state.
Shouts of “We want Trump!” and “USA” filled the air when Trump showed up at the Manhattan construction site on the way to the courthouse for his “hush money” trial, the New York Postreported.
Union Workers chanting “We Want Trump” and “USA”
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 25, 2024
GOOD MORNING FROM NEW YORK!
Union workers chant “USA” as President Trump visits their construction site 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/KjcZ9UzvX3
— Karoline Leavitt (@karolineleavitt) April 25, 2024
President Trump takes questions from press in New York City, answers DROWNED OUT by enthusiastic cheers from union crowd pic.twitter.com/gFWMCk31yE
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) April 25, 2024
As the footage aired on Fox News, “Fox & Friends” host Brian Kilmeade asked, “Could blue-collar voters be the key to turning New York red even if union heads are voting for Democrats?”
Bob Bartels, the business manager of Steamfitters Local 638 in New York and Long Island and, until now, a lifelong Democrat, seemed to think the answer to that question is “yes.”
Bartels stated that he put out a poll which surveyed 9,000 members in his own union, and Trump is smashing the crap out of Biden by a ratio of 3-to-1.
“We are very tired of the situation with groceries, inflation, gas prices, illegal immigration, crime,” Bartels explained. “We are living it every day in New York City.”
UNION WORKERS FOR TRUMP! pic.twitter.com/iYf0oIpEif
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) April 25, 2024
When asked by Kilmeade if there was pressure from union heads to vote a certain way, Bartels responded that he was “probably going to get a lot of phone calls after this interview.”
“But like I’ve told other people, I don’t work for my international union, I work for my members,” he answered the host. “I see a wave coming,” he then added. “Nobody that I speak to likes what’s going on in America right now.”
Bartels then stated that he wants to see what will be done for the country. He added that he wants what is best for the nation and all of its citizens, noting his members want the same thing.
He then explained that the union’s members are sick and tired of living paycheck-to-paycheck, as some of them can no longer afford their bills. Bartels then said that a number of his members have told him, flat out, they want to cast a ballot for Trump this fall.
“I will do whatever my members want me to,” Bartels then said.
While speaking with members of the press at the construction site, former President Trump revealed he’s “going to make a play for New York.”
JUST IN: Donald Trump announces he is going to try to win the state of New York during a visit with Union workers at a construction site in Manhattan.
The workers could be heard saying “We Love Trump” as he made the announcement.
“We're very close in New York. I understand…… pic.twitter.com/5hqItz5JyH
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 25, 2024
He then pointed out that Democrats typically always win New York. A recent poll from Siena College has Biden beating out Trump by 10 points in the state.
So, again, it’s not likely, at the moment, he will be able to win the state, but there’s a lot of time between now and November, so anything is possible.
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