Editor's note: The following is an email Glenn received from one of his fans.
Dear Glenn,
I am a big fan of yours and something happened last week I thought you might find interesting.
I recently moved to East Harlem. I have been a New Yorker for more than 20 years, but I had never ventured into this neighborhood before moving here. It is a forgotten land with no close subways and not many businesses. Most people never see this neighborhood. It's dirty: our trash doesn't get picked up regularly, our streets don't get swept on schedule. Our city councilwoman even spearheaded the program to give out free needles to junkies.
I volunteer in a local children's garden, and on Saturday evenings it has become a meeting place for neighbors, some with children and some without, to meet and share snacks and drinks and talk about grocery store prices, school functions, and watch the kids play tag. We are a mix of Puerto Ricans, Blacks, Whites, Chinese, mostly between 30 and 50 years of age.
Last Saturday our talk turned to politics by way of complaining about the filthy conditions of 116th St. I am a conservative and in NY I have learned to keep my mouth shut. So I was surprised as one woman said, "I'm a life long Democrat but things have to change around here." Then a younger woman said, "My life was better under Trump. I'm voting for Trump." And then all my self-identifying Democrat neighbors agreed: yes, life was better during Trump. Things were cheaper, the streets were cleaner, etc. I asked if anyone had gone to the Bronx Trump rally held only a few miles from here. No one had gone, but everyone knew someone who had, someone who said it was great and loved it. They felt it was meaningful for Trump to even visit the hood when our own politicians don't come around. It was unanimous that while none of them had voted for Trump in 2020, they would be voting for him in November.
This is an area that always votes blue no matter what, and I think it's amazing to hear so much support for Trump here.