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Reverend Ruben Diaz Sr.

Trump's rally in the Bronx.

Aired on 77 WABC 8:05

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Speaker 1 What is today is Rubens Senior. And he’s been a leader in New York City, in the Hispanic community and many other the Bronx community for many, many many years. And uh uh, he had a big event this last few days. Rubin Diaz, good morning and uh uh and I hope you have a great Memorial Day weekend. You

certainly started out well last Thursday.

Speaker 2 Good morning, and thank you, mister. I am excited. I am very happy because the Brown made history yesterday. Another from Donald Trump. He came to the South Bronx. I mean, do you could you marchine a Republican calling to the South Bronx and get more than tell some people to come and stand for hours and hours chewing and listening

to him. That never had been done before. And Donah Jay Troun did it. I was part of it. I was on to be part of it. And as a Hispanic, as a Puerto Rican living here in the South Bronx, I am so proud. And there was so many Hispanis, so many black people in the audience. That incredible. So

when people like oh Cassia or text LC Richie Torre said that Donald Trump was not the one in the Bronx. They was proven wrong. A lot of people claimed to receive Donald Trump, and.

Speaker 1 I understand they can only put so many in the park and they wouldn’t let the rest of the people and wanted to go in.

Speaker 2 There were there were The permit was for thirty five thirty six hundred people. Once the teny six hundred people reached the attempting they caught it, but there was about three times more outside, but more than that before, as we said, four five times more people outside waiting to come in. That cannot come in because the permy was

for thirty six hundred people and the donut Trump campaign cann violate that because then they would use that to criticize, so they have to stop it. At tirenty six hundred people in the park understood that.

Speaker 1 And UH, tell me about You’ve lived in the Bronx all your life. I’ve been there standing next to you many many times. You’re leader in the community and a leader in the religious community too. Uh are people they want to change because right now people don’t feel safe in the subways, they don’t feel safe walking around. You

tell me the feelings of the people.

Speaker 2 The feelings that people is that they want something they want to change. They want thrown they want thrown back because when the president throne was there, the border was say close, they standing used to get the lawyer, the lawyer unemployment recording history. Uh, we will we find more security senior citizen. Now when by the when when President

Biden came, he opened the border because everyone is coming in, criminals, drug adding, Uh, all kinds of people. There are some good people that are coming in, but the majority to then we don’t even know who they are. So that’s something that we being Hispanic are rejected. Then the prices, the grocery prices, the crime that the respect to authorities, that,

the respect to police, the laws that being passed, uh, prospecting criminals and is a mess, is a mess. And even the City of New York taking away spaces and resources from our legal resident to give away to people that just claiming through the body. That is something that got everybody angry and and yester that people prove that

black and Hispanic are turning, that black and Hispanic are getting angry, and he’s a Democratic party. Don’t open their eyes. They’re gonna they’re gonna they’re gonna have a rule of awaken MM hm.

Speaker 1 Is it the socialist part of the Democratic Party that’s that’s threatening the common sense Democrats.

Speaker 2 The socially, the community, the walk, the walk community. I mean, it’s a mess. Democratic Party is not the party. I’m a Democrat. I have been a Democrat all my life. I was but but but the Democratic Party is not the Democratic Party that used to be is now is now?

I mean when John Kennedy was there and all.

Speaker 1 I was a Democrat up to when Bill Clinton was there. I really thank Bill Clinton was a very smart president.

Speaker 2 Yeah, but but now now now, I mean we were sometimes we are saying when our president come on, I mean, you know, so I’m I’m importantly I have a book in English. I came here, but I’m proud of this nation.

I joined the army in Puerto Rico when I was eighteen years old during the Vietnam War World War So I joined voluntarily to defend this country because I believe in this country and and and I really I was willing at the age of eighteen. I was willing to give my life for this country when I joined, even

though there was a racism, and even Mattie Luther King hasn’t come out yet in that time and I joined as a Puerto ricanw now and now now it’s it’s like what do we do? What are we doing?

Speaker 1 We have to save the country, Ruben, and that’s what.

Speaker 2 I want to be and I want to be part of it. I want to join Donald Trump. And I’m I’m at every single Hispanic and minority and any one to listen to me, to please dis join forces to make America great again.

Speaker 1 Thank you so much, Rubin Diaz. And have a great Memorial Day weekend. Uh, and we this weekend we remember all the soldiers that gave their lives to make sure that the United States is free. And we can’t we can’t fail them on this.

Speaker 2 Week No, no, thank you John having a nice became you and my good I know you from.

Speaker 1 Thank you so much and we’ll talk soon with us. This morning is Rubin Diaz Senior, a political leader, a religious leader, a leader in general for the Bronx and this Thursday night he brought President Donald Trump to the Bronchs to help make a change and save our country.

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