Trump Catches 'Hell' From Critics After He Asked Voters 1 Simple Question

Donald Trump asked a question ― and his critics were ready with some answers.

They just probably weren’t the ones the former president was looking for.

Trump on Wednesday tried to make the case for his election at a rally in New York, eventually asking the audience to vote for him because “what the hell do you have to lose?”

It’s an argument he made to Black voters in 2016.

This time, he directed the question to “the people of New York,” a state he has virtually no shot of winning after losing it by more than 20 percentage points in both 2016 and 2020.

Trump’s critics fired back:

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