DAVID MARCUS: Trump’s defiant supporters flock to Butler rally with renewed confidence

BUTLER COUNTY, Pa. – Within the couple of weeks after Kamala Harris changed Joe Biden atop the Democratic ticket, there was a determined doldrum I detected throughout the nation from Trump supporters. 

However Saturday, as Trump returned to the location of his July 13 close to assassination and the tragic homicide of Corey Comperatore, a brand new confidence was clear amongst his trustworthy.

Rob is a trainer who lives in Pennsylvania and was carrying a clipboard, registering voters who stood within the huge line to get in.

“I coach wrestling,” Rob instructed me, “and after they switched in Harris it was like a wrestler had his opponent pinned, and all of the sudden they swap in a brand new, recent opponent. Even when that new opponent is weak, it is nonetheless deflating.”

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However now, Rob, who had registered a couple of dozen new voters after I spoke to him early within the day, thinks Trump has turned a nook, and is poised to defeat Harris.

He wasn’t alone.

On a park bench within the shade, I discovered Karen and George, each of their 60s, together with Johnny and Rocky, of their late 20s or so. The 2 pairs, all decked out in Trump gear, had solely simply met. However after I was speaking to them, I truthfully thought they have been members of the family who had identified one another eternally.

“It’s like a Grateful Lifeless vibe,” Johnny instructed me, “it is all about love.” 

Karen agreed, a minimum of in regards to the love half, unsure in regards to the Lifeless, and she or he is assured that Trump can unite our deeply divided nation. “He’s already confirmed he can get individuals what they want. He was in North Carolina immediately after the hurricane. The place have been Harris and Biden?”

Karen, like many I spoke to, believes that Trump gained the 2020 election, and expects related shenanigans this time round. Nevertheless, she is assured not simply that Trump will win, however that Republican Dave McCormack will beat incumbent Bob Casey Jr., within the Keystone State’s vital Senate battle.

Rocky agreed, “Casey is only a profession politician,” he mused. “One factor I want Trump would speak extra about is time period limits, as a result of these are the individuals destroying the nation.”

I’ve been to a number of Trump rallies, however the pure scale of this one was off the charts. It took an hour to park in a close-by discipline. My little Mitsubishi Lancer had by no means pushed on grass earlier than, however she did okay, and the environment was extremely festive however the lengthy, lengthy waits.

Joe, a retired NYPD officer, had pushed six hours from Staten Island together with his 18-year-old nephew, Uriel.

I’ll word I noticed no proof of anybody being bused in. This crowd was actually as natural as a vegan’s lunch.

After I requested Joe how lengthy he had supported Trump, he instructed me, “All my life.” It was his manner of claiming The Donald was the politician he had been ready for.

I’ve been to a number of Trump rallies, however the pure scale of this one was off the charts.

“In Staten Island, individuals are enthusiastic about Trump,” he instructed me, and his nephew, set to vote for the primary time, agreed.

I requested Uriel, what would make an 18-year-old vote for Trump?

“He’ll make it a greater nation,” he stated quietly, in his Yankees t-shirt. “Extra alternative?” I pressed, “Sure,” he replied. It mirrored what younger voters have been telling me throughout the Rust Belt, and past.

I spoke to a number of attendees who had been in the identical place on that fateful July 13, however the one who stood out was one other Joe.

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“All people was so calm and orderly, that is what I bear in mind,” he stated. “However I felt so unhealthy for the youngsters, I imply, they have been actually scared.”

Joe did admit to feeling some feelings coming again to the Butler Farm Present grounds, however he’s a dude and declined to elaborate on them an excessive amount of.

As for the election? Like everybody I spoke to, the arrogance is rising. “Take a look at this crowd,” he stated,” how can he lose?”

I’ll admit, it sounded a bit like hubris, particularly given the occasions of the final eight years, however it completely displays the angle of Trump voters over the previous month, who’ve moved from a way of nervousness, to rising perception that this election is now squarely transferring in Trump’s path.

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On Saturday in Butler, it felt like a reset. In spite of everything, the tragic taking pictures occurred simply two days earlier than the Republican Nationwide Conference. Only a week later, Biden was out, Harris was in, and confusion was in every single place.

There may be now a month to go till Election Day, and if the sprawling crowd on the second Butler rally is to be believed, Donald Trump, decidedly has his groove again. 

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