I just listened again to Cheryl Johnson’s tiktok video about meeting Trump while wearing her Trump 2023 shirt. Here is the link and my seat of my pants transcript.
https://www.tiktok.com/@smalltownredneck7/video/7252455338429959466
Describes SS looking in her car, tires, etc. When in the back, people eating. Soemoen called names to come to the back, she went out to the back to a tent, senators and their wives were sitting out there, we were ready to go in (describes how the heat got to her and she almost passed out, people helped her). By the time he (President Trump) got there we were ready to go in, they were going to call us by name. Girl came up and said if you have bags put them on the table, y you can’t take them in. Also don’t shake his hand unless he initiates it, and do no hug him or touch him. You cannot take your phones in because we don’t have time for selfies and stuff like that. If you keep your phone in your pocket, if you take it out SS will take it or I will take it.
Said we have the White House photographer in there and she is phenomenal so hers will be better than yours anyway. She said my last rule is I want you guys to smile really big because you’re getting ready to meet the President of the United States of America. So we all cheered and stuff like that so we went in, and he’s standing up on this little platform with his name behind him, and they (will) announce to him who you are, your name and what you are, of course I was with these senators and mayors and they all had (big) names and then here was me, said my name, that I was a strong grassroots activist from South Carolina.
When I stepped up he immediately shook my hand. His eyes went straight to my shirt and he said “Oh wow, I love that shirt, I love that shirt, yall look at that shirt, the shirt, look at the shirt. My shirt said “Trump 2023” on it. If you know, you know. Anyway, she took our picture.( something about Melania I couldn’t catch. He put his arm around me and said “Take another pic, take a big beautiful pic. Make it good, make this one good.”
And she took another one, so I kinda leaned into him after that and I said “Boss, I’m tired. We need you to step back in.” He leaned back towards me a little and said “I’m coming soon, I promise. It’s okay.” And I started to walk out and he said “You look great, I think you look great”. I believe our (President’s) not a politician, you know. That was my experience. He was so sweet to me, he was very down to earth, acted like he’d known me all his life, he just - he’s a really good guy. And he is my President and he is your President and those of you who are close to me, I’ve been telling you all this time, when you know you know, I pretty much just told you.
Here’s the tiktok video - a montage of pictures of when Trump was in SC, the very last image is a photo of Trump and her on the stage, wearing here 2023 shirt. I could not copy the image.
https://www.tiktok.com/@smalltownredneck7/video/7254668992462212398
Huge hat top to peteypupperdoo, whose digging found all this stuff.
ThanQ, lj. And thanq again, ppd.
Many many thankQs LJ !