Trump crowd on the football field.
Posted on 03/07/2016 9:02:00 PM PST by Red Steel
MADISON – A line of people of all ages, shapes, and sizes wrapped around Madison Central High school yesterday heading in to the main gym that was far too small to house the number of people waiting outside.
It was clear that not everybody was going to get in, but that didn’t seem to matter. What can one expect to be the cause of such delirium. A professional basketball game? A popular rock concert?
This massive affair came as a result of the visit of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to Madison in preparation for the Mississippi open primary.
“[I’m] just out here to support Trump and all his great constituents,” said Ashley Moore, traveling Trump merchandise saleswoman. “He doesn’t take shit from anybody. He’s not going to be a pushover.”
The night started with the people’s first glimpse of the man himself. As Trump arrived at the venue, he gave a quick wave to all of the attendees, which was enough to start a fit of screaming and sign waving.
ensions rose as the crowd waited for the main address. The occasional chanting of “Trump” displayed the crowd’s restlessness and soon, after a few opening formalities, Trump took the stage, greeted by the cheers of his Mississippi constituents.
He began his address by announcing his receipt of the key to the city of Madison, which Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler presented to him earlier that day. He expressed his gratitude for the gift and said the key would be placed in a special place in his office back in Manhattan.
He then went straight in to his stance on foreign trade and employment, focusing on the countries of China and Mexico. He addressed the issue of unemployment in Mississippi and ensured the attendees, in the event that he becomes president, the state will no longer lose jobs to foreign countries.
This train of conversation led to a discussion of his highly publicized plan to build a wall on the border of Mexico to halt illegal immigration into America. As has been highlighted numerous times by Trump, not only does he plan to build the wall, but also force the nation of Mexico to pay for its construction, an issue he addressed later on in the rally.
Trump said he feels the large trade deficit in America’s favor with Mexico is exactly the sort of leverage necessary to ensure the country pays for such a wall.
With his usual, Trump-like flare, he knocked on Marco Rubio for lacking confidence and charisma, in addition to calling Ted Cruz a liar and accusing him of using Christianity to gain followers.
Another major theme of the rally as a whole was his focus on furthering Christianity in America as a whole. He expressed his anger over what he feels to be a bias against Christians and in favor of religions like Islam.
Trump closed his address by urging all of the supporters to go out and vote for him in the primary Tuesday despite his extreme confidence in victory for his campaign in the state.
Despite what appeared to be unflinching support from the Madison crowd, some of those in attendance were not pleased with what they heard.
“He doesn’t believe what he says,” Ole Miss Australian exchange student Charlie Jenner said. “People that vote against their class interests are generally uneducated and are generally stupid. So, what do you do to make generally uneducated and generally stupid people vote for Trump? You implement devices of racist rhetoric. Even though he doesn’t believe what he is saying, he knows what he is saying.”
For some attendees, this negative view of Trump’s ideology was coupled with frustration at the fact that the rally began more than an hour early, causing some to miss significant portions of the event.
“I’m upset! [Trump] owes me gas money,” Jackson State student Martez Baldwin said. “The website said it started at 7 o’clock, it started at 6 o’clock, therefore I feel he owes me gas money.”
Trump crowd on the football field.
Trump will win MS tomorrow night.
Its demographics are similar to other Deep South states he’s already won: SC, GA, AL, AR, VA, LA and KY. All Trump would need to do complete his sweep of the South is to nab FL and NC.
Cruz cancelled a campaign visit to MS so every one knows the Magnolia State is in the bag for The Donald.
Call out the instigator
Because there’s something in the air
We’ve got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution’s here
And you know it’s right
And you know that it’s right
Oos, I forgot TN. Apart from KY, Trump looks set to run the table in 10 of the 11 states of the Old Confederacy.
Local newslady said ‘crowd of several hundred’ on the news tonight about the Trump rally.
Wow. Impressive turnout.
LOL. They don’t lie very well.
If Trump loses MS, my beeber will be stunned!
As Trump says, the media are the most dishonest people in the world
Trump’s most rock-solid supporters are in the South.
Its been his firewall.
If Trump wins its only because all those liberal Mississippi Democrats are going to vote for him. They want him as the nominee because he is easy to beat and they are scared to death of Ted Cruz.
Another great turnout.
We need a couple tomorrow. Idaho is a weird one ala Kansas, might go for ‘Teddy Flanagan’.
I thought Trump won in Kentucky ???
Wait....just two days ago you claimed to be a Trump supporter.
Now, here you are posting an absurd comment against Trump.
You seem lost.
Actually my majority democrat congressional district has been getting spammed with Cruz robocalls. And a a ‘town hall’ style call run by the Governer himself tonight.
Yup, Trump will win a lot of crossover Democratic and Independent votes.
He will do better than in LA, which was a closed primary state.
sarcasm
ID could go Cruz. HI, MI, MS Trump.
What a strange article. The main direct quotes are from people who don’t like him, the biggest one is from a commiepuke Australian! Weird, eh?
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