Posted on 01/11/2016 5:14:47 AM PST by 11th_VA
The highest-profile celebrity to weigh in on Donald Trump this week may not be the actor Samuel L. Jackson after all.
Country singer Loretta Lynn, a legend in Nashville whose life story was told in the movie Coal Minerâs Daughter, is also talking about the Republican presidential front runner â and she loves him.
âTrump has sold me â what more can I say?â Lynn told me over the phone just before the start of Trumpâs rally Thursday in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Lynnâs friend, Phyllis Jones, 71, had driven to Rock Hill from nearby Charlotte, North Carolina and had called her famous pal while she waited for Trump to appear.
Lynn, 83, who penned and recorded country hits like âCoal Minerâs Daughter,â âThe Pillâ and âRated X,â still performs between eight and 10 shows a month. She said she has been stumping for Trump at the end of each show, and declared her support for him at an awards dinner in New York in early December.
She said her audiences generally respond warmly to her cheers for Trump, and thatâs unusual.
âWhen you get up there and try to say you want to see Hillary Clinton win, that wouldnât go over so big,â she said.
Other Republicans canât live up to the real estate mogul, Lynn said, but Texas Senator Ted Cruz would be her second choice.
However, she said: âWhen youâre advertising for the best, forget the rest!â
Lynn added that she wants to campaign for him.
âI just think heâs the only one whoâs going to turn this country around,â she said, but added she had no plans to try to contact Trump herself. âIâm going to let him call me.â
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By taking his plans straight to the American people for their approval and help to force congress to get on board or be voted out.
Sadly (in my opinion) the American people have not had much success at “forcing Congress to do much of anything.
If Trump is elected, the way congress operates will get a major overhaul. Ryan and McConnell will be dealt with like they are against their own party. Much change will be coming fast, and they will have the American people to answer to.
Love it!
And, we’ll all say....hey Loretta...
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