With Jury Set To Weigh Felony Charges Against Trump, GOP Front-Runner Holds Rally at South Bronx

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Margarita Rosario, a 69-year-old who has lived in the borough for more than 60 years, said she saw Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on television the night before suggesting that the Bronx wouldn't support Trump.
48% : "We need a patriotic president at the moment and I find Donald Trump more patriotic for the moment than Joe Biden," said Mr. Ali, an immigrant from Bangladesh and worker for New York's transportation agency.
44% : "The strategy is to demonstrate to the voters of the Bronx and New York that this isn't your typical presidential election, that Donald Trump is here to represent everybody and get our country back on track," said Representative Byron Donalds of Florida, a potential Trump running mate who grew up in Brooklyn and spoke at the rally.
37% : Mr. Trump, in his speech, cast himself as a better president for Black and Hispanic voters than President Biden as he railed against the incumbent on immigration, an issue Trump has made central to his campaign.
33% : Members of multiple unions were present, holding signs that said "The Bronx says no to Trump" in both English and Spanish.
33% : "They talk about the Bronx and everything that's wrong with it, but they never get to the part that talks about what they're going to do for the Bronx and we know that Trump is never going to get to that part in his speech.
32% : President Trump campaigned Thursday in one of the most Democratic counties in the nation, holding a rally at the South Bronx as he tries to woo minority voters days before a Manhattan jury will begin deliberations on whether to convict him of felony charges in his criminal hush money trial.
30% : Mr. Rosado recounted how Trump had asked his name and stopped to chat.
23% : Muhammad Ali, a 50-year-old who lives in the Bronx and said he planned to vote for Trump in November, said he once used to think the former president was a racist but his views have changed.

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