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

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

"Donald Trump is successful play successful each state," Pennsylvania nonmigratory John Nolan told Fox News Digital extracurricular the famed arena up of the rally. "The feline pulls numbers nary substance wherever helium is. I mean, radical drove from each implicit 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 volition ballot for Trump. "All time long. Let's spell Trump!" She added that she wasn't definite 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 the authorities successful the statesmanlike race. It has gone Democratic each statesmanlike predetermination since Ronald Reagan won it for the 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 the famed arena was astatine fever transportation arsenic droves of supporters descended connected the Big Apple's streets and waited anxiously to spot if they would summation introduction to the 19,500-seat venue. Police accidental galore were turned away, with Donald Trump Jr. claiming that astir 200,000 radical tried to summation entree to the rally, which featured a fistful of high-profile speakers up of Trump's remarks, including erstwhile archetypal 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 the size of the immense crowds that descended connected "The Worlds’ Most Famous Arena."

"No, perfectly not, due to the fact that we are the majority, adjacent though the quality often tries to archer america we are not," Elsner said, adding that the 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 adjacent traveled from Ireland to be the much-anticipated event.

A radical of young Jewish supporters were successful boisterous signifier successful beforehand of the 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 due to the fact that we got to Make America Great Again, we request Trump backmost successful the location to bring the 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 the 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 the partition built, we request the amerciable aliens that are taking our payer wealth retired of the country. We request a president that’s strong… and not beryllium similar Biden, similar Harris. Sometimes bid comes done strength."

"Trump protects the Jews," yelled chap 17-year-old Mendel Steigman, who said helium and his friends person been victims of antisemitic attacks and insists Trump is simply a person 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 volition archer 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 the warfare successful the Middle East and he's going to propulsion you retired of the White House."

Latin American New Yorker Belio Martinez was holding a poster with Trump’s present infamous mugshot with "Never Surrender" written connected it. He said the assorted tribunal cases against the 45th president "solidified" his enactment for Trump. 

Former archetypal woman Melania Trump applauds her husband, erstwhile President Trump, aft helium spoke 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. with the assemblage treated to a rendition of Frank Sinatra’s "New York, New York."

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

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

"I deliberation the symbolism of it is conscionable fantastic due to the fact that 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 determination were thousands outside. I deliberation a batch of the bluish cities are becoming much and much reddish due to the fact that astatine a definite constituent the extremism of the Democrats – the defund the police, the transgender[ism] – each of the issues conscionable propulsion mean communal sensical radical to the right."

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Gottlieb said she was erstwhile a "left-wing person," but galore years of studying issues similar radical and intersexual authorities moved her to the right. 

Edward X. Young said helium has been to 102 Trump rallies and Sunday’s was precise important due to the fact that Trump was loved by astir everyone successful the metropolis earlier helium got into politics, but the heavy bluish metropolis turned against him.  

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

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

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

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

J Mellz, a instrumentalist 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 the media is not going to amusement to the afloat extent, but it shows however agreed New York is," Mellz said. 

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

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