From hardcores to moveons: Trump, South Carolina, and Republican opinion
by Byron York, Chief Political Correspondent |
January 30, 2023 07:41 AM
FROM HARDCORES TO MOVEONS: TRUMP, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND REPUBLICAN OPINION. Columbia, South Carolina — Former President Donald Trump did something unusual here in South Carolina Saturday night. He held a small event, or at least a relatively small event. Trump is known for holding massive rallies, with 8,000, 10,000, 15,000, or even more attending. His appearance in the main lobby of the state Capitol in Columbia was tiny by comparison, with perhaps 500 people in the room, and maybe a little less than that.
Among the audience, a well-connected political crowd, and among those in the larger South Carolina political world, there was speculation about why Trump chose to go small. No one, even those who once supported Trump and no longer do, doubted that he could have drawn a big crowd in the state. After all, Trump spoke to a huge audience — some estimated it as large as 20,000 — on a cold and windy night in Florence last March as he campaigned for House candidate Russell Fry (R-SC).
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