“Only the 39 Kids that had to be there showed up!” Trump jokes on Truth Social.
Former President Donald Trump ridiculed Joe Biden’s campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday as pictures emerged showing predictably scant attendance.
Biden held a campaign rally at the Girard College, a majority black prep school in Philadelphia, to launch a “nationwide effort to mobilize Black voters.”
“Our campaign believes that Black voters deserve to hear from Team Biden-Harris, and they deserve to have their vote earned, not assumed,” the campaign said ahead of the event.
“No campaign has valued Black voters like we have, including through investing earlier and with more money than ever before talking to Black voters.”
But photos from the event showed a pitiful reception that’s become a signature of Biden’s anemic campaign.
Biden’s PA rally looks lit. 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/cPA3a8TvFv
— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) May 29, 2024
“Only the 39 Kids that had to be there showed up!” Trump joked on Truth Social.
And that’s despite Biden pulling all the stops including bringing on Sesame Street’s Elmo and a marching band to the campaign event.
Elmo is also here at Girard. Biden and Harris slated to speak in about 15 min. pic.twitter.com/5c673m1oLr
— Julia Terruso (@JuliaTerruso) May 29, 2024
Trump has been gaining ground among black and Hispanic voters while campaigning in traditionally blue areas like the Bronx and New Jersey in recent weeks.
In fact, national polling averages reveal support among black voters has collapsed for Biden while at the same time shifting big in favor of Trump.
The shift has been so dramatic that CNN warned that Trump is poised to clinch the 2024 election with 291 Electoral College votes if his surge in support among black voters alone remains steady heading into November.