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A Blexit activist, Madeline Brame, tore into Democrats on Friday for “fumbling” the black vote as she praised presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s “magical” rally in the South Bronx.

Blexit is an advocacy movement named for “Black Exit.” The BLEXIT Foundation, started in 2019 by Candace Owens and Brandon Tatum, focuses on “shifting culture” away from promoting “the victimhood mentality” among black Americans through “grassroots organizing” and “educational initiatives,” according to the organization’s website.

Trump held his first campaign rally in New York since 2016 Thursday evening at Cortona Park, drawing enthusiastic supporters from the otherwise Democratic stronghold. Brame, who attended Trump’s Bronx rally, told Fox News host Will Cain the Democratic Party has “got it twisted” when it comes to the support of black voters.

“I’m very disturbed, number one, by these comments that these paid, okay, um, elected officials off on our tax dollars are making toward a whole entire demographic of American citizens. They work for us, we don’t work for them. They got it twisted,” Brame said.

“Yesterday, out of the Bronx, that was electric,” she continued. “There was something supernatural about that whole entire experience. The energy that was in that park, of people of all races, of all creeds, all religions, all together on one accord. And we were happy. And we were excited. It was magical.”

“You had to be there to understand and feel the energy. None of those rich people in suits would ever step foot in there. Donald Trump did, and we had his ear. He showed us he cared,” Brame said.

Brame’s sentiment toward the Republican candidate was echoed by numerous Bronx rally attendees of Trump’s speech, during which the former president told the audience that “it doesn’t matter” what race or “whatever the hell color you are” because “we are all American” and will “pull together” to improve the country.

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Presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announced Friday that he will host his first campaign rally in New York since the 2016 election.

As President Joe Biden hemorrhages support across swing states and Democratic strongholds, Trump plans to whip up enthusiasm at Crotona Park in the South Bronx during a 6 p.m. campaign rally on May 23, according to a press release. This comes one week after the former president garnered a massive crowd of an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 people at a rally in Wildwood, New Jersey — another historically blue state.

“President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will visit the Bronx, New York on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 6:00PM EDT to highlight the horrendous effects Crooked Joe Biden’s disastrous presidency has had on our economy,” the press release states.

“New Yorkers have suffered greatly thanks to Biden’s failed policies. With prices in the Empire State up by 17.5 percent since Biden took office, New York families continue to suffer from high inflation on everyday goods. In fact, New Yorkers have spent $7,747 more on transportation, $3,542 more on energy, $3,637 more on food, and $3,921 more on shelter on average since January 2021 due to Bidenflation,” the announcement continued.

Trump’s announcement blamed “Biden’s and Democrats’ pro-criminal policies” for the “incomprehensible and devastating” surge in violent crime in New York City since 2019. He promised to “ease” economic hardship and “re-establish law and order” while “reversing” inflation and “ceasing” the influx of illegal migrants entering the U.S. if re-elected as president, according to the announcement.

POST ON X: BRONX, NY HAS WOKEN UP IN SUPPORT OF TRUMP!

Dozens of South Bronx residents marched in support of Trump on Saturday, video posted on social media shows. They held a banner that read “The South Bronx For Donald Trump” in uppercase letters as one supporter was seen waving an American flag. Signs reading “Black Lives MAGA” and “Black Patriots For Trump Rally” were also spotted at the event, video shows.

POST ON X: March for Trump this morning in the South Bronx.

Trump held a campaign rally in Albany, New York on April 11, 2016 at the Times Union Center.

Support for Trump has been picking up steam across key battleground states as voters who backed Biden in 2020 appear to have had a change of heart, according to the New York Times/Sienna survey released Monday. The outlet touched base with Biden defectors in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania who named inflation, foreign policy and illegal immigration as the reasons why they are considering voting for Trump instead this November.

Inflation sat at 1.4% when Biden was inaugurated in January 2021, peaking at 9.1% in June 2022. Additionally, the conflict between Ukraine and Russia unfurled on Biden’s watch in February 2022, followed by the Islamic terror attack against Israel by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. All of this transpired as illegal migrant crossings reach record highs under Biden, with more than 302,000 entering the U.S. in December 2023 alone — the most recorded in a single month, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data.

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