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CNN Senior reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere on Friday dismissed Donald Trump’s claim he’s “going to win New York,” calling the former president’s assertion “ridiculous.”

Trump made the comment Thursday at a rally in the Bronx’s Crotona Park. According to the New York Daily News, “hundreds” of supporters gathered to see the former president promise to “renovate New York’s subway system” and bring Americans together.

In an interview with Fox News, Trump insisted his “energetic” and “entrepreneurial” voting block is “going to save New York.”

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“And we’re going to win New York, and if we win New York, the election’s over,” Trump said.

Asked about the former president’s chances of winning the state, Dovere seemed unconvinced.

‘No, he’s not going to win New York.” Dovere said. “Okay, first of all, it's ridiculous.”

The CNN reporter continued:

The Bronx — Former President Donald Trump's campaign has told multiple news outlets he gathered a crowd of supporters in The Bronx Thursday night that is more than five times the number reported by the New York City Police Department.

While outlets Fox News and Daily Mail say his campaign estimate 25,000 people showed up to Crotona Park to attend the "President Trump in The Bronx" rally, the NYPD press office told Raw Story just 3,400 tickets were booked.

After asserting he doesn't want a pardon midway through his four-month sentence for obstructing Congress's investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, former Donald Trump trade advisor Peter Navarro has some complaints about prison food.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal's Alex Leary conducted by email because visitors have been limited, the former Trump aide admitted that, after two months in jail, he is not a fan of prison food.

Raw Story editor-in-chief Dave Levinthal went on CNN Friday to discuss how former President Donald Trump crafts wildly misleading or dishonest fundraising pitches.

At issue was Trump's attempt to fundraise this week off revelations that FBI agents had authorization to use deadly force if confronted with a life-threatening danger when they executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago.

Donald Trump rallied Thursday at a park in the Bronx, where his supporters mingled with critics from the predominantly Black and Hispanic community.

The Washington Post's Philip Bump wandered through the crowd observing encounters between the former president's fans and his many detractors at Crotona Park, and the columnist spoke to a few Trump supporters who explained why they liked the quadruple-indicted ex-president.

With closing arguments in the Donald Trump hush money case scheduled for after the Memorial Day holiday weekend, one former prosecutor offered up a game plan for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office to follow that could secure a conviction.

In a column for Salon, former federal prosecutor Dennis Aftergut argued that the jury should be reminded over and over again that the heart of the case stems from what he calls the "Trump Tower conspiracy."

Dozens of candidates associated with an anti-government group founded by right-wing militant Ammon Bundy have stood for election for influential positions in local Republican parties in Oregon.

An amateur radio operator intercepted hours of conversations between members of the People's Rights Network and the splinter group People’s Rights Oregon 5, revealing their intentions of taking control of Republican precinct committees in three central Oregon counties by putting up 66 candidates to take control of the local party organizations, reported The Guardian.

The panel on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" downplayed the impact of Donald Trump's rally in the Bronx on Thursday night, questioning crowd number claims while noting that a substantial number of the attendees only showed up out of curiosity.

Add to that, one member of the panel pointed out that the former president has lost his ability to entertain and shock crowds as his routine has gotten stale.

Polls in recent months have shown former President Donald Trump has a narrow but consistent edge over President Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential election.

However, New York Times polling analyst has flagged what he describes as "one big flashing warning sign" when it comes to Trump's current polling strength.

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), considered a contender for former President Donald Trump's 2024 V.P. shortlist, refused to back down from a false conspiracy theory about President Joe Biden ordering his assassination during an appearance on CNN's "NewsNight" with Abby Phillip on Thursday.

During the interview, Phillip brought up the false claim that the FBI was out to assassinate Trump because documents related to the search said that agents were authorized to use deadly force if faced with a life-threatening danger.

In a report for The Associated Press last week, Peter Smith reported that Donald Trump's "support is as strong as ever among evangelicals and other conservative Christians."

Smith noted, "Many of the T-shirts and hats that were worn and sold at the rally in March proclaimed religious slogans such as 'Jesus is my savior, Trump is my president' and 'God, Guns & Trump.' One man’s shirt declared, 'Make America Godly Again,' with the image of a luminous Jesus putting his supportive hands on Trump’s shoulders."