My Experience at a Donald Trump Rally
Aside from a handful of white nationalist events, I’ve never been to a political rally, debate, town hall meeting, or gathering of any sort. Last night, my wife and I left the kids with her parents and made the long drive to attend a Donald Trump rally in the wake of the critical Pennsylvania Primary. Based upon the incessant wave of negative media coverage, I anticipated militant left-wing white protestors, Zionist Christians demonstrating for Lyin’ Ted, Black Liver Matter goons, disenfranchised Mexicans and Muslims, violence, hatred, chaos, divisiveness, carnage, an endless cavalcade of bottom-feeding provocateurs interrupting The Donald’s speech every 5 minutes, lamestream media cretins cherry-picking various people for interviews, etc. Here’s what really happened…
We were 2.5 hours early and there were already several thousand people standing in line outside the arena. Every single person waiting was white, and of those whites, there was not a single “undesirable” to be found in the bunch. No tattooed/pierced/blue-haired freaks, no scantily-clad sluts, no wiggers, no open homosexuals/lesbians, no interracial couples, no open feminists, no metrosexual wimps, no goths, no druggie burnouts, no tailgating drunkards, and none of the archetypal vermin that one might encounter at a concert, sporting event, amusement park, etc. I suppose my only “complaint” were the quantity of overweight people, but it wasn’t too bad. The multitudes that waited in line were polite, quiet, respectful to one another (for instance, I saw many people walk away from the crowd to smoke), and very orderly. No shouting, loud music, cell phones ringing, or any variety of raucous or obnoxious behavior was observed whatsoever. Something I noticed is that a decent portion of the whites wore their local police, local EMS, local fire department shirts. Many others were wearing Trump merchandise (red hats, buttons, t-shirts) and some wore comical anti-Hillary garb such as…
The line moved efficiently and soon enough, we were inside the arena, which allegedly seats around 12,000 people at maximum capacity. Once inside, we walked around the lobby and large concourse area, gazing around the arena on a quest to find a single non-white person. I did observe a handful of Indians (of the dothead variety), 5-6 young Negro males with Trump gear, and 3-4 white-looking Hispanics. In a crowd of 12,000…that was it. I concluded that a Trump rally is the white middle class’ version an opera, ballet, or country club. The place was filled to the rafters, with every single seat occupied and all standing room utilized. Again, the crowd inside the arena was ultra-civilized, with many thousands of people waiting patiently for The Donald. Something I noticed about the white people in attendance was the sheer quantity of attractive young white women (ages 18-30) and women in general, many of whom were wearing pink colored “Make America Great Again” hats and painted “TRUMP” on their faces. The white men in attendance were a mixed bag…old men, middle aged men, college-aged “jocks,” teenage boys, Carhartt-sporting country men, hunting/fishing types wearing camouflage clothing, 2nd Amendment-loving men with “NRA” hats, and well-dressed, suburbanite-looking men.
PA’s best state representative, the great Lou Barletta, “warmed up” the crowd with a fantastic speech in which he talked about his hatred of illegal immigration, political correctness, and the lack of a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. For those unaware, Barletta is the former mayor of the vile city of Hazelton; a once-white blue collar PA town turned into an abominable, ultra-dangerous ghetto warzone thanks exclusively to the ignoble presence of Hispanic “immigrants,” both legal and illegal. Barletta was in hot water with the ACLU in 2006 and his magnificent “Illegal Immigration Relief Act” was ruled “unconstitutional” by a Marxist Demoncrap judge a year later…
In 2006, Barletta made headlines for his efforts opposing illegal immigration in Hazleton vowing to make the city “one of the toughest places in the United States” for illegal immigrants.
[7] Barletta introduced and the city council approved the Illegal Immigration Relief Act.
[8] The ordinance allowed the city to deny a business permit to employers who hired illegal immigrants and gave the city authority to fine landlords up to $1,000 for leasing to illegal immigrants.
[7][9] The act also made English the official language of Hazleton, prohibiting city employees from translating documents into any language without official authorization.
[10] In response, the
ACLU and
Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund sued in
Federal District Court to block the ordinance.
[10] In July 2007, District Court Judge James M. Munley ruled that the act was unconstitutional for interfering with Federal immigration laws and violating the due process of individuals, employers and landlords.
[7] The ruling was upheld on appeal to the
United States Court of Appeals on September 9, 2010.
[11] In a public statement shortly after the decision, Barletta vowed to appeal.
[12]
Lou’s my favorite PA politician…
After Barletta’s fantastic speech, Trump emerged several minutes later and the reaction was indescribable. I gazed around the room as the electrifying real estate mogul entered the premises and every single person was smiling, clapping, whistling, and waving cardboard “TRUMP” signs and flags. Despite his ridiculously-busy schedule earlier that day, The Donald (nearly 70 years old) was highly energetic, charismatic, witty, and hilarious. From my vantage point, I could see the backside of the podium very well…no script, no notes, no teleprompter, no nothing. Just an hour and ten minutes of off-the-cuff public speaking without a single mistake or fumbled word. I swear, there is nobody on this planet that can “work a room” the way that Trump does. He hit all the typical talking points: the border wall, jobs, taxes for corporations that leave, destroying ISIS in a few weeks, the bane of undocumented Muslim/Mexican immigration, his business acumen, his poll numbers, the dishonest press, the infinite subjugation of the middle class, Obamacare, the IRS, Common Core, how he’s self-funding and nobody else is, and dozens of other topics. He said “Lyin Ted” about 20 different times and mercilessly poked fun at John “1 for 38” Kasich, saying that by the time he’s awarded the nomination instead of Trump at the convention, he’ll be John “1 for 50” Kasich, haha. He told a very funny story about Obama not being greeted after stepping off of Air Force 1 by the leaders of Cuba and Saudi Arabia, saying he’s a wimp and they don’t respect him.
Something else that I noticed during the event was that every single person in the arena (who had seating available) were standing for the entire speech. I’ve never been the type to cheer, boo, or clap at events, but I couldn’t help but join in. As Trump closed out his speech, the place erupted with another lengthy standing ovation as Donald exited the stage, signing autographs and shaking hands on the way out. As we left the arena and walked to the parking lot, the emotions of the people I saw ranged from happy, to excited, to euphoric. Leaving any large event in a car is usually a nightmare, but not this time…every motorist is saw was extremely civil, waving people in, and leaving in an orderly manner.
This morning, I read an anti-Trump news article that said that approximately 6,000 additional people were turning away at the door after maximum capacity was reached. Therefore, Trump drew almost 20,000 people to an event that was only confirmed and advertised a little more than 24 hours before the event was to take place! My wife voted for Trump (and his committed delegates in our district) at 7:00 am this morning and I’ll be doing the same later today!
I have a lot going on right now with spring upon us, but I’m really glad that I went and I’d love to see him again if the nomination is stolen from him. As long as I live, I’ll never forget last night. Here's the speech...
