Hochul says Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally is a ‘white flag of surrender’
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said she thinks the Madison Square Garden rally former President Trump is hosting Sunday is a “white flag of surrender.”
“I think he’s waving the white flag of surrender,” Hochul said Sunday on MSNBC’s “The Weekend.”
“He’s coming back to a city that he knows well. He’s comfortable here. Maybe he’d like to sleep in his own bed.”
Hochul contrasted Trump's rally with Vice President Harris’s plan. She’s campaigning in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania.
Trump will be going to his “known, familiar” environment, but it won’t serve him on the campaign trail, Hochul argued.
“He’s giving up, because why else would you come to New York City? You are not going to find undecided voters walking the streets of Manhattan today."
The event is expected to draw thousands to the deep-blue Manhattan. The Trump campaign said several prominent Republicans would join the 45th president, as well as big-name guest stars.
Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), billionaire Elon Musk and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson are expected to attend.
The former president will head to Georgia on Monday, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Wisconsin on Wednesday, Nevada on Thursday and back to Wisconsin on Friday.
With less than two weeks until Election Day, the New York City rally may be questionable to some, but sources close to the Trump campaign say its about generating media attention in the final days of the race.
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