Trump Appeared on Stage at His Bronx Rally With Two Rappers Charged in a Felony Gang Case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : "President Trump, my man," Sheff G was heard saying before Trump gestured to him to approach the microphone.
62% : He has claimed that his criminal indictments have boosted his support among Black voters, comparing his legal challenges to anti-Black prejudice in the U.S. legal system.
56% : Trump is going to shout the wins for all of us," Sheff G told the crowd before Sleepy Hallow moved to the microphone to utter Trump's slogan "Make America Great Again.
54% : Toward the end of his speech on Thursday, Trump asked his supporters, "Does everybody know Sheff G?
39% : AP VoteCast found Trump won just 8% of Black voters nationwide in 2020 versus 91% who voted for Biden.
37% : A spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service, which provides protection for Trump and secures his rallies, did not respond to a request for comment about Sheff G and Sleepy Hallow's appearance on stage.
32% : The presumptive Republican presidential nominee's appearance with suspected gang members comes as Trump is on trial himself in his New York hush money case and as he recurringly slams New York and other Democrat-run cities as crime-ridden.
27% : Taylor said he had always been a Democrat until he met Trump.
24% : At a rally on the Jersey Shore earlier this month, Trump was joined on stage by NFL Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor, who pleaded guilty in New York in 2011 to misdemeanor criminal charges of sexual misconduct and is a registered sex offender.
23% : Trump called other speakers to the stage Thursday, including Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida and the Rev. Ruben Diaz Sr., a former Democratic city council member in New York and state senator.
21% : Trump has railed against the Manhattan district attorney who is prosecuting him for "letting violent crime run rampant all over our city.
19% : "Challenging the reelection of President Joe Biden, Trump is trying to make inroads with Black Americans, who are traditionally supportive of the Democratic Party.
8% : U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Democrat who represents the Bronx in Congress, said it is an offensive strategy for Trump to associate with people who are accused of violent crimes in order to appeal to Black voters.
6% : "The conflation of communities of color with criminality is a racist trope that Donald Trump repeats," said Torres, who is Black.

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