The Republican candidate’s New York event was one of his most unusual, drawing a large, ethnically diverse crowd in a Democrat-dominant state.
This week’s South Bronx campaign stop for former President Donald Trump stands out among his dozens of rallies this election cycle. Besides attracting many people who are not Caucasian in a longtime Democrat stronghold, the May 23 rally included an unusual voter registration push.
As conservative-themed rap music thumped from a portable speaker at Crotona Park, the Christian music artist known as DSV 7.0 was signing up new voters.
He and volunteers from the New York Young Republican Club hope these fresh registrants will turn out on Election Day, Nov. 5, and boost the tally for President Trump, the Republican challenger of Democrat President Joe Biden.
“The energy was fantastic … really high-vibed,” the rapper told The Epoch Times. “I think this was a very important speech. I think he connected really well with the people of the Bronx.”
President Trump discussed issues that matter to New Yorkers, the musician said, such as inflation and crime.
Although supporters of President Trump celebrated the voter registration efforts and said they were impressed to see thousands of people turned out, skeptics doubt President Trump can “flip” the state from Democrat blue to Republican red.
That would be a feat in a state that last voted for a Republican presidential candidate in 1984.
Still, the Christian rapper and others see reason for optimism, pointing to residents’ growing discontent with President Biden’s performance in office. In contrast, they said they sensed a wave of enthusiasm building for President Trump and his message at the Bronx rally.
Voter Registration on Wheels
The name of the voter-registering rapper, DSV 7.0 stands for “Driven Via Spirit,” plus the Biblical number for completion, seven. His first name is Shawn, but he declined to give his last name.
Rapper DSV 7.0 said he has spoken to new Trump supporters who formerly voted for President Biden or former presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who was born in New York.
By Janice Hisle
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