Former President Donald Trump is calling out the lawfare against him, terming it “election interference.” But he’s still doing what he can to reach out to the people and campaign.
What he did on Thursday morning, visiting a construction site where he was greeted by cheering union workers at 48th Street and Park in New York City has to send some terror into the hearts of the Biden team. These are supposed to be the votes they have locked up in a deep blue city. But the visuals were a big sign that Biden is in trouble.
Trump arrived about 6:30 a.m., at least a few hours before Joe Biden is normally awake, to meet with the workers before he had to show up for his “hush money” trial. He signed autographs and took photos with the workers.
“I did nothing wrong. It’s a political witchhunt. It’s election interference, that’s all it is,” Trump told the crowd, which broke out at one point into chants of “USA! USA!”
Trump said he was making a “play” for New York and he thought he had a chance because Biden was the “worst” in history to occupy the Oval Office. Trump campaign staff also passed out literature saying Trump would ban Chinese and foreign ownership of critical US infrastructure if re-elected and cancel Biden’s electric vehicle mandate, things that certainly would appear to union workers, as well as many other Americans who want to secure the nation.
The workers chanted “U-S-A!”
GOOD MORNING FROM NEW YORK!
Union workers chant “USA” as President Trump visits their construction site 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/KjcZ9UzvX3
— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) April 25, 2024
They also chanted, “We want Trump!” and “We love Trump!”
Union Workers for Trump. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/I6pqe74Ax5
— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) April 25, 2024
“WE LOVE TRUMP!”: President Trump meets with New York City construction workers. pic.twitter.com/iT0i61QWV7
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) April 25, 2024
Newsmax reporter Addison Smith interviewed NYC union leader Bobby Bartels who explained why they had been Democrats, but that Democrats were “basically pushing everyone to the other side.”
New York union leader Bobby Bartels after meeting with Trump in NYC:
“We are basically Democrats— all of us. [But] after what’s happened the last 4 years in this country, Democrats have basically pushed everybody to the other side.” pic.twitter.com/VQLAJAGcGL
— Addison Smith (@AddisonSmithTV) April 25, 2024
Bartels called out the issues that concerned the workers, including crime and illegal immigration.
Bartels told Fox News he intended to vote for Trump, as did a lot of his members. He said, “I put out a poll in my union. President Trump is leading Joe Biden 3 to 1 in my presidential poll out of my 9,000 members.” He said he saw a wave coming and he wanted what was right for America, that his people were suffering under the present policies.
