"Trump’s rallies are a defining feature of his presidential campaigns: all-day spectacles blending evangelical revivalist meeting & carnival, designed to deliver an emotional experience to his base & bring new backers into the fold, a campaign aide said."https://t.co/2gLuyxtP28
— Jennifer Mercieca (@jenmercieca) April 20, 2024
Interesting facts from the article:
Anderson and Boatman are part of a group that calls itself the “Front Row Joes,” about 50 Trump supporters by their count, who they said take turns to be first in line for every Trump rally.
This was Boatman’s 85th rally and Anderson’s 51st. In North Carolina in March 2020, Trump’s son Eric pulled Anderson on stage so she could tell the crowd of 20,000 why she loved the then-president.20,000 in attendance in 2020. Trump’s campaign says they’re doing more rallies in 2024, so far, than they did in 2020. Attendance at the Green Bay rally, where the people were interviewed for this article, is reported as 3200. Sounds more like a remnant.
The pull quote calls the rally “an all day spectacle,” but the article only mentions a warm up act by people like Lindell, for an hour or two before Trump arrives to give the same speech he always gives, which sounds a bit like a familiar bedtime story for children.
No mention whatsoever of any “new backers” coming “into the fold” in Green Bay, either.
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