By Illinois Review
Conservative activist and Early Vote Action founder Scott Presler, who gained notoriety in 2019 when he organized over 200 volunteers to remove over 12 tons of trash from the City of Baltimore, was in Chicago this week to mobilize Black and Hispanic residents – constituencies abandoned by the Democratic Party, and register them to vote and vote early and make Joe Biden a one-term president.
The conservative social media influencer, who has amassed over 1.5 million followers on X, hit the ground running – wasting no time during his brief visit. On Wednesday evening, Presler visited The Three Headed Eagle Alliance in Geneva – a suburb west of downtown Chicago, where he addressed hundreds of conservative grassroots activists on the importance of registering voters and voting early.
On Friday, Presler met with DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick and toured the county jail. Mendrick places an emphasis on “rehabilitation” at his jail – where there are virtual welding classes, a garden that supplies produce for local food pantries, vocational training and education courses and a “Redemption Studio” that covers gang tattoos for inmates wanting to turn their life around. Presler also met with inmates and discussed his voter registration efforts, saying,
“When you guys are integrated back into society, I want to make sure that you become a part of the community and that you vote – and that you make sure you’re trying to impact your communities for the better. That’s my goal.”
Presler is leaving no stone unturned and he’s taking his message everywhere – including in Chicago – the belly of the beast. He’s also scheduling voter registrations at gun shows, rodeos, concerts, sporting events and farmers markets. In August, he’ll be going to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota. Presler is also placing an emphasis on the formerly incarcerated – and his visit to the county jail is part of that plan. There are even over 3.5 million truck drivers who don’t vote on Election Day, but Presler and his team are changing that and putting together a plan to register every trucker in America – and elect Donald Trump President. Presler also met with Chicago residents and minority business owners in the south and westside, including with members of the Puerto Rican community in Humboldt Park. Late on Friday, he even took some time to meet with Illinois Review Editor-in-Chief and Newsmax political commentator Mark Vargas, where they discussed registering new voters.
In August, Chicago is hosting the 2024 Democratic National Convention, and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker serves as the Biden campaign’s co-chairman and media surrogate. Trump is leading Biden in virtually every national poll, including in key swing states and key Democratic political operatives including Van Jones, David Axelrod and James Carville have openly admitted that trouble is on the horizon. And with high inflation, every day Americans continue to struggle under Biden’s policies. Since Biden took office, gasoline is up 56 percent; airfare is up 38 percent; the cost of electricity is up 29 percent and groceries are up 21 percent.
In April CNN was reporting that President Trump was leading Biden 49-43. That same polling also suggests that Americans see Trump’s presidency as more favorable as compared to Biden’s – a reality that is creating widespread panic with Democrats. And Biden continues to lose support in Black and Hispanic communities – a traditionally powerful voting bloc for any Democratic candidate. In 2020, polling indicated that 87 percent of Black men voted for Joe Biden, but in a more recent poll, only 57 percent would vote for him again in 2024.
On Thursday, Trump hosted a historic rally in the South Bronx – a key indicator that minority communities are abandoning Biden for Trump as every day, hard working Americans struggle to pay their bills under Biden’s economy. And these very same communities continue to struggle as Democratic politicians and key Biden supporters allocate billions of dollars in funding for illegal migrants while their own residents suffer, struggle and live in third world conditions. Even CNN had to concede that the Bronx rally was a total success, saying,
“Certainly a bigger crowd than I think Democrats would like to see, particularly given this is one of the bluest counties in the entire country!”
Just hours after the Bronx rally, Democratic New Gov. Kathy Hochul went on CNN and called the Bronx residents who attended the rally, “clowns.”
The Democratic National Convention takes place in Chicago August 19-22.
