Posted on 04/09/2016 4:51:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — It’s not easy being a Donald Trump supporter in Colorado.
Becky Mizel, a prominent Trump volunteer and former county party chairwoman in the state, was standing at the entrance to the Colorado GOP Convention, waving a slate of delegates the Trump campaign has endorsed to send to the national convention.
With her arm still in the air, she needled a volunteer tasked with setting up Trump signs outside of the arena where the convention is being held, and was upset because they went missing.
“Somebody stole them,” Mizel said under her breath, sounding irritated but unsurprised. The state party convention, she readily admitted, is not really Trump’s crowd — and that’s part of the reason she doesn’t expect much to come from the slate Saturday.
“We know we’re not going to take anything out of (the slate), but it was mostly an emotional shot in the arm for the Trump people who are here because they were feeling demoralized because nothing is here,” she told NBC News.
“Just having a table and signs made them go, ‘Oh, we’re not alone, there’s other Trump people.’ It’s more of a psychological edge,” she said.
Mizel admitted that she would be happy if they take one or two delegates. So far, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has swept all 21 of the state’s delegates already elected at the congressional district level....
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It's a common expression used widely and not meant literally. Good grief.
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