Former President Trump is in talks for a blowout rally in the south Bronx in a bid to court black voters and turn the Empire State red in the 2024 presidential election, The Post has learned.
Trump was in deep discussion about a potential rally with New York Young Republican President Gavin Wax during his stopover at the group’s gala in New York City this week.
“He said he liked the idea, he wants the club to lead it. I said we have a large Hispanic caucus and a large black caucus that could lead the way,” Wax said.
The two spoke for more than 30 minutes during the gala’s dinner service, and Trump repeatedly praised Wax during his official remarks to guests.
“I thought he should just walk up and down the Grand Concourse and see what happens,” Wax said.
Wax told The Post the rally would have to take place in 2024 after the primaries — which he expects Trump to put away easily — and that he was inspired by former President Reagan’s own visit to the area in August 1980. The Gipper won New York in the general election that year.
“We’re going to take New York,” Trump said to applause during the dinner. “I believe we have a great chance … With hundreds of thousands of people living on the sidewalks and streets and illegal aliens invading our city and state like nobody thought possible.”
Wax said Trump smelled an opportunity to make inroads with black voters, who polls show are increasingly disillusioned with Democrats and President Biden. Earlier this year, Republicans took a Bronx City Council seat for the first time in half a century and Trump has long been popular with rappers and other black community influencers.
“Democrats have destroyed New York City and they have made life much more difficult for everyone in the State of New York, and that’s reflected in the polling showing momentum for President Trump. The map in 2024 is going to look much different than it did in 2016 or 2020,” a senior Trump aide told The Post.