Trump supporters outside Madison Square Garden say 'exhilarating' rally shows NY is in play

MANHATTAN, N.Y. – Ardent supporters of former President Trump opportunity Sunday’s run rally astatine Madison Square Garden was a bold connection that their activity is penetrating heavy bluish areas for illustration New York City.

"Donald Trump is successful play successful each state," Pennsylvania resident John Nolan told Fox News Digital extracurricular nan famed arena up of nan rally. "The feline pulls numbers nary matter wherever he is. I mean, group drove from each complete to get present and his supporters are here." 

"Absolutely," Westchester, New York, autochthonal Alexa Brink told Fox Digital erstwhile asked if different New Yorkers she knows will ballot for Trump. "All time long. Let's spell Trump!" She added that she wasn't judge if Trump could triumph New York, but said, "We'll try!"

While New York is location to aggregate competitory U.S. House races, Republicans are not wide expected to triumph nan authorities successful nan statesmanlike race. It has gone Democratic each statesmanlike predetermination since Ronald Reagan won it for nan GOP successful 1984. 

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Supporters of erstwhile President Trump extracurricular Madison Square Garden shouting, "USA, USA" (Michael Dorgan/Fox News Digital)

The temper extracurricular nan famed arena was astatine fever transportation arsenic droves of supporters descended connected nan Big Apple's streets and waited anxiously to spot if they would summation introduction to nan 19,500-seat venue. Police opportunity galore were turned away, pinch Donald Trump Jr. claiming that astir 200,000 group tried to summation entree to nan rally, which featured a fistful of high-profile speakers up of Trump's remarks, including erstwhile first woman Melania Trump, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) CEO Dana White.

Melissa Elsner and Luke Ordino traveled from New Jersey and said they weren’t amazed astatine nan size of nan immense crowds that descended connected "The Worlds’ Most Famous Arena."

"No, perfectly not, because we are nan majority, moreover though nan news often tries to show america we are not," Elsner said, adding that nan economy, illegal immigration and acquisition are her apical 3 issues going into this election. 

"Come on, Donald Trump tin propulsion disconnected thing successful New York," Elsner added. One woman, Barabara Walsh, said she moreover traveled from Ireland to be nan much-anticipated event.

A group of young Jewish supporters were successful boisterous shape successful beforehand of nan stadium’s main entranceway arsenic they waited successful line. "USA, USA, USA," they chanted, jumping up and down and waving an Israeli flag. 

"We’re present because we sewage to Make America Great Again, we request Trump backmost successful nan location to bring nan hostages back… we request a bully economy, nary much wars… Kamala Harris keeps connected flip-flopping," 17-year-old Tzvi Schoch said. 

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New York residents Maria Coletta and Rhonda Gottlieb clasp Trump-Vance signs extracurricular nan Madison Square Garden rally. (Michael Dorgan/Fox News Digital)

"Everybody was better… nether Donald J. Trump than they are now, ostentation is entity high, nether Trump it was 1.9%. We request Trump backmost successful office, we request nan wall built, we request nan forbidden aliens that are taking our payer money retired of nan country. We request a president that’s strong… and not beryllium for illustration Biden, for illustration Harris. Sometimes bid comes done strength."

"Trump protects nan Jews," yelled chap 17-year-old Mendel Steigman, who said he and his friends person been victims of antisemitic attacks and insists Trump is simply a friend of Israel.

Another animated rally-goer named Anas Shuaib, a Palestinian Muslim-American who has been surviving successful America for 25 years, said that connected Nov. 5 voters will show Harris, "You're fired, you’re fired, you’re fired."

"The Arabs are voting for Trump!" Shuaib said. "When Trump becomes president, there's going to beryllium peace, there's going to beryllium prosperity and America first! He's going to extremity nan warfare successful nan Middle East and he's going to propulsion you retired of nan White House."

Latin American New Yorker Belio Martinez was holding a poster pinch Trump’s now infamous mugshot pinch "Never Surrender" written connected it. He said nan various tribunal cases against nan 45th president "solidified" his support for Trump. 

Former first woman Melania Trump applauds her husband, erstwhile President Trump, aft he said astatine a run rally astatine Madison Square Garden, Oct. 27, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images)

The rally ended conscionable aft 8:30 p.m. pinch nan crowd treated to a rendition of Frank Sinatra’s "New York, New York."

Outside, New York City residents Maria Coletta and Rhonda Gottlieb said nan rally was their first and it did not disappoint.

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"The power of nan crowd, nan speakers, nan issues that were addressed, it was perfectly exhilarating," Gottlieb said, proudly holding a "Trump-Vance" poster. 

"I deliberation nan symbolism of it is conscionable awesome because New York City is simply a bluish metropolis and him coming successful and having specified a turnout, I mean it was packed, it was filled and location were thousands outside. I deliberation a batch of nan bluish cities are becoming much and much reddish because astatine a definite constituent nan extremism of nan Democrats – nan defund nan police, nan transgender[ism] – each of nan issues conscionable push normal communal sensical group to nan right."

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Gottlieb said she was erstwhile a "left-wing person," but galore years of studying issues for illustration group and intersexual authorities moved her to nan right. 

Edward X. Young said he has been to 102 Trump rallies and Sunday’s was very important because Trump was loved by astir everyone successful nan metropolis earlier he sewage into politics, but nan heavy bluish metropolis turned against him.  

Young, who lived successful nan Big Apple from 1983 to 1990 and now resides successful New Jersey, said nan rally showed that New Yorkers are backmost successful nan erstwhile president’s corner. 

"Trump was New York City’s favourite son, he was beloved. In nan past predetermination cycle, location was not moreover a rally successful nan city… but he came backmost large time," said Young, who said he met his fiancé astatine a Trump rally. 

"Four aliases 5 years agone if I wore MAGA cogwheel astir nan Bronx I‘d get my butt kicked, but no, nan section group emotion him and it's evident why… it’s because the Democrats, they went excessively far," Young said, noting that it has go harder for working-class group successful nan metropolis to survive. 

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Trump supporters successful MAGA hats extracurricular Madison Square Garden connected Sunday. (Fox News Digital )

J Mellz, a musician from New York City who has lived successful Brooklyn and Queens, said Trump is making large gains among Blacks, Latinos and different minorities. 

"I consciousness it was enthusiastic, I consciousness it was thing that New York needed, I consciousness it is thing that nan media is not going to show to nan afloat extent, but it shows really agreed New York is," Mellz said. 

"It showed that it’s clip for a alteration here, and I deliberation we are tired of nan group moving and controlling nan area. I deliberation we are looking guardant to thing different."

Fox News’ Emma Colton and Mitch Picasso contributed to this report.