Chris Roberts / AmRen
Trump Supporters at Virginia rally.
Supporters give surprisingly mild reasons for
backing Trump.
backing Trump.
Photos by Chris Roberts
Candidate Trump continues to generate excitement wherever he goes. In Northern Virginia, where I live, people on Trump e-mail lists got only 24-hour notice that he would appear today at Briar Woods High School in Ashburn. Even on such short notice, the rally was so oversubscribed that thousands were turned away. I know; I was one of them.
Nor was it was just a matter of turning up. Anyone who wanted to attend had to sign up at a web page, get a code sent to a cell phone, enter the number into a web page, and print out a paper invitation.
The rally was to begin at 11:00 a.m., but when I arrived at about 9:30, it was already hard to find a place to park. People who came later said they walked as far as a mile to get to the school.
There were 51 protesters (I counted them), and anyone going to the rally had to walk by them. They were largely white–like Loudoun County where the rally was held–and the Trump supporters were overwhelmingly white, so there was no friction. That was just as well, because there were no police nearby. ...
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