Trump’s Rally For Ted Cruz Was A Preview Of 2020: One of the largest midterm election crowds

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SOURCE: THE FEDERALIST

URL: http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/23/trumps-rally-houston-preview-2020/

By John Daniel Davidson


HOUSTON, Texas — Trump rallies are political spectacles on a grand scale, and the scene in downtown Houston on Monday night was a spectacle worthy of ancient Rome.

Tens of thousands of people descended on the Toyota Center, some coming from as far away as California, many more from every corner of Texas, all driven by the chance to take part in what they consider to be an epoch-defining movement, a second American Revolution, a secular Great Awakening. To Trump’s base, these rallies are about much more than just getting out the vote for the midterms. They are about saving the country.

Strictly speaking, the rally was to support Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in his reelection bid against Democratic challenger and media darling Beto O’Rourke. But in fact the rally was a dress rehearsal for President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign, which will be about nothing so much as the culture war. A nuclear culture war, if you like.

His supporters are up for it. The crowds began gathering here about 10 a.m. Sunday morning, and by sundown nearly 100 people had staked out their spot in line. They slept upright in chairs or on air mattresses laid out in the open. A few of them pitched tents. By Monday afternoon, the blocks surrounding the arena were a swirling mass of humanity decked out in Trump gear and American flags.

The streets, cordoned off into elaborate lanes, were lined with dozens of private vendors hocking Trump gear to the passing throngs. Camera crews from all over the world darted through the lines in search of the most flamboyant Trump fan they could find, and there were plenty. What seemed like an army of Houston police kept a relatively small band of protestors in their designated space, far from the arena.

By the time Cruz and the other speakers had come and gone, and Trump took the stage, it was obvious what the purpose of the rally was. In his meandering riff of a speech, Trump left no doubt: “This will be the election of the caravan, Kavanaugh, tax cuts and common sense.”

Trump 2020 Will Be Trump 2016 On Steroids

He was talking about the midterms, only two weeks away, but he was mostly talking about his reelection. If Trump’s tone and themes Monday night were any guide, 2020 will be like 2016 on steroids: over-the-top bragging about his accomplishments, relentless waging of the culture war, and vilification of Democrats and their policies as treasonous, “an assault on the nation’s sovereignty.”

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Some news reports Monday night claimed the stands were filled with mostly white people, which is strictly speaking true, but also misleading and, for a mainstream media committed to a certain narrative about Trump and Trump supporters, self-serving in the extreme. In fact, it wasn’t hard to spot black, Hispanic, and Asian Trump supporters scattered throughout the arena and milling about outside.

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Some news reports Monday night claimed the stands were filled with mostly white people, which is strictly speaking true, but also misleading and, for a mainstream media committed to a certain narrative about Trump and Trump supporters, self-serving in the extreme. In fact, it wasn’t hard to spot black, Hispanic, and Asian Trump supporters scattered throughout the arena and milling about outside.

April 28, 2016. Undecided on who to support in the GOP primary, I decided to go see a Trump event for myself. Costa Mesa, CA.


His opponents,, the media and the dems had assured us his supporterswere nagry old white men, no minorities no women, no younger folks.


Alas I went, waited in line, learned first handwe were being lied to. It was a MUCH younger, more diverse group than I expected by far.


Their were disruptors; namely high school/college students, La Raza and Antifa types, commiting serious acts of violence. They threw rocks on vehicles driving home from work, on the 55 freeway.


My first hand experienced proved to me the dishonest reporting.


BTW I meet people that had come pretty far to attend. I sat with a group of native born Hispanic Americans from Downey.