CNN Senior reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere on Friday dismissed Donald Trump’s claim he’s “going to win New York,” calling the former president’s assertion “ridiculous.”
Trump made the comment Thursday at a rally in the Bronx’s Crotona Park. According to the New York Daily News, “hundreds” of supporters gathered to see the former president promise to “renovate New York’s subway system” and bring Americans together.
In an interview with Fox News, Trump insisted his “energetic” and “entrepreneurial” voting block is “going to save New York.”
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“And we’re going to win New York, and if we win New York, the election’s over,” Trump said.
Asked about the former president’s chances of winning the state, Dovere seemed unconvinced.
‘No, he’s not going to win New York.” Dovere said. “Okay, first of all, it's ridiculous.”
The CNN reporter continued:
He's not going to win New York. New York has not — I don't even know, I think probably 1984 is the last time [a Republican won], and before that I’m not sure when it would have been. That by the way, is the year that [Ronald] Reagan won everything, basically. And moreover, Trump has made these claims before in 2016 and 2020. He would say, ‘Oh, we're going to win.’ He is not gonna win New York. The South Bronx — no matter how many people showed up for him last night — is one of the most democratic areas of the country. He says this, and it's not where the election is actually going to play out.
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“But he is doing it because he likes to get us talking about this,” Dovere added.
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