A local
Trump campaign coordinator and longtime friend, Tony Leadbetter, called to
offer me VIP tickets to the Trump rally at the Ocean Convention Center in
Daytona Beach, Fla. Tony's follow-up email gave directions to the
designated VIP parking lot. His email also said the doors opened at 9am
for the 3pm rally.
I
thought, Mary and I will arrive around 2pm. Boy, was that a mistake.
Folks, I have not seen anything like it. Streets leading to the
convention center's numerous parking lots were blocked off with orange cones
and orange vested personnel instructing cars to move on. Mary and I
finally found a place to park five blocks away. As we walked back to the
convention center in the sunny, humid, over-90-degrees Florida heat, we saw mobs
of people with Trump signs doing the same, coming from all directions.
Hundreds,
maybe even a thousand disappointed supporters were not permitted into the
convention center. It was full. Still, the orderly yet electric
crowd cheered when Trump's motorcade arrived an hour late, led by several
motorcycle cops. Police were everywhere. Was Obama in town?
No, Donald Trump.
There
were protesters, around seven of them, totally ignored by the masses of Trump
supporters.
What
struck me most was the extremely broad range of Trump supporters, from young
people covered head to toe with piercings and tattoos to distinguished, well
dressed seniors – and every demographic in between. Clearly, these people
were super-excited about seeing and hearing Trump.
More and
more of my Florida Tea Party homeys are jumping aboard the Trump Train.
Here is a simple reason why.
Republican
PACs raised millions promising their donors (Tea Party consumers) that they
would defend conservative principles and push back against Obama ignoring the Constitution,
thus behaving as king. Instead, the GOP ignored their power of the purse
and funded everything Obama wanted against the will of We the People.
Behaving
like reasonable consumers, the Tea Party rejected their old ineffective product
(professional politicians) and rallied behind a new product (Donald Trump).
Even if Trump does not give them everything they want, Tea Party
Americans believe that Trump will give them at least some of what they want.
They also realize that Hillary is the devil. That's it in a
nutshell, folks.
Exposing
themselves for who they truly are, some Republicans say they will financially
support and vote
for Hillary. That is outrageous!
Mary shot this short video of
me outside the Daytona Beach Trump rally.
Doug
Balch, another longtime friend, put together a fun, campy music video of
my Trump Train song. Please check it out. Feel free to post, share,
and spread far and wide.
Oh, did I
mention that Mary and I were not granted entry into the Trump rally? The
convention center was filled to capacity. We told the guard at the VIP entrance,
"I'm Lloyd Marcus, and we have VIP passes." He replied,
"Sorry, Sir. We are full."
With my
ego deflated, Mary and I went to the Hibachi Buffet. I overate.
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