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Trump Fans Rally Across the Nation to Support the President Trump Fans Rally Across the Nation to Support the President
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President Trump’s biggest fans would like to say something: They’re still here.President Trump’s biggest fans would like to say something: They’re still here.
In the five weeks since his inauguration, many have started to worry that the populist energy that helped vault Mr. Trump to victory is being subsumed by the millions of critics who have rallied at airports, city squares and town hall-style meetings to protest his policies on immigration, health care, reproductive rights and more.In the five weeks since his inauguration, many have started to worry that the populist energy that helped vault Mr. Trump to victory is being subsumed by the millions of critics who have rallied at airports, city squares and town hall-style meetings to protest his policies on immigration, health care, reproductive rights and more.
So on Monday, hundreds rallied across the country at statehouses and on courthouse steps to wave flags, listen to conservative speakers and stick up for a president who they say has been treated unfairly by the news media and his critics.So on Monday, hundreds rallied across the country at statehouses and on courthouse steps to wave flags, listen to conservative speakers and stick up for a president who they say has been treated unfairly by the news media and his critics.
In Atlanta, a patriotic and generally good-natured crowd of around 200 people showed up at Liberty Plaza, in the shadow of the gold-domed State Capitol.In Atlanta, a patriotic and generally good-natured crowd of around 200 people showed up at Liberty Plaza, in the shadow of the gold-domed State Capitol.
Jermane Enoch, 57, a project manager from Powder Springs, Ga., said that good businesspeople would understand why the rallies were necessary for the president, given what he called the “negative messaging” from anti-Trump protesters and the news media.Jermane Enoch, 57, a project manager from Powder Springs, Ga., said that good businesspeople would understand why the rallies were necessary for the president, given what he called the “negative messaging” from anti-Trump protesters and the news media.
“It’s necessary to have a show of continuous support, just like it’s necessary for businesses to show continuous improvement,” Mr. Enoch said.“It’s necessary to have a show of continuous support, just like it’s necessary for businesses to show continuous improvement,” Mr. Enoch said.
And in Cabarrus County, N.C., which Mr. Trump easily carried, more than 150 of his supporters met up outside the courthouse in Concord, many of them unfurling last year’s Trump campaign flags, lawn signs and red ball caps — though a surprising number said they had never attended a Trump rally during the presidential race.And in Cabarrus County, N.C., which Mr. Trump easily carried, more than 150 of his supporters met up outside the courthouse in Concord, many of them unfurling last year’s Trump campaign flags, lawn signs and red ball caps — though a surprising number said they had never attended a Trump rally during the presidential race.
Debbie Dooley, a Tea Party activist in Georgia who was helping to coordinate about 70 rallies on Monday and this Saturday as part of a group called Main Street Patriots, said the idea had bubbled up organically.Debbie Dooley, a Tea Party activist in Georgia who was helping to coordinate about 70 rallies on Monday and this Saturday as part of a group called Main Street Patriots, said the idea had bubbled up organically.
“I received phone call after phone call from people: ‘Why aren’t we out supporting President Trump?’” Ms. Dooley said.“I received phone call after phone call from people: ‘Why aren’t we out supporting President Trump?’” Ms. Dooley said.
Even as Mr. Trump’s approval ratings have slid during his rocky first weeks in office, his supporters said on Monday that they believed he was following through on his promises to break the china in Washington, crack down on immigration and support American businesses.Even as Mr. Trump’s approval ratings have slid during his rocky first weeks in office, his supporters said on Monday that they believed he was following through on his promises to break the china in Washington, crack down on immigration and support American businesses.
Some said they were frustrated with Republicans in Congress for what they felt was lukewarm support of Mr. Trump, or blanching on their promises to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Others said they wanted to demonstrate as a counterweight to the anti-Trump protests, which they criticized as unruly or unpatriotic.Some said they were frustrated with Republicans in Congress for what they felt was lukewarm support of Mr. Trump, or blanching on their promises to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Others said they wanted to demonstrate as a counterweight to the anti-Trump protests, which they criticized as unruly or unpatriotic.
“They want to get out and show the world that President Trump has their support, and that all Americans do not feel the same way as what you’re seeing with the protests,” Ms. Dooley said.“They want to get out and show the world that President Trump has their support, and that all Americans do not feel the same way as what you’re seeing with the protests,” Ms. Dooley said.
In Concord, N.C., northeast of Charlotte, Bill Cagle, a retiree, decided to attend on Monday after seeing a deluge of news coverage of anti-Trump demonstrations in the streets and at congressional town hall-style meetings.In Concord, N.C., northeast of Charlotte, Bill Cagle, a retiree, decided to attend on Monday after seeing a deluge of news coverage of anti-Trump demonstrations in the streets and at congressional town hall-style meetings.
“I said, ‘Well, we’ve been silent long enough and we’ve really got to say what’s in the heart,’ when I saw all of this vitriol the last six weeks,” said Mr. Cagle, who said it was his first rally for Mr. Trump.“I said, ‘Well, we’ve been silent long enough and we’ve really got to say what’s in the heart,’ when I saw all of this vitriol the last six weeks,” said Mr. Cagle, who said it was his first rally for Mr. Trump.
“It started with the Women’s March,” he explained. “I saw some of the signs and my heart sank. One sign said, ‘Mothers should have aborted Jesus and we wouldn’t have this problem.’ What’s wrong with their thinking? I agree some are decent and it’s their right to march, but also these town halls, when they’re screaming and shouting, that’s not a way to have a discussion.”
A rally at an outdoor pavilion in Mandeville, La., a suburb of New Orleans, also drew about 150 supporters, a showing that pleasantly surprised even the organizers, given that it was the generally subdued day before Mardi Gras. The clothing was boisterously patriotic, the speeches veering from pleas for American unity to pledges of defiance aimed at the news media, the left, the establishment, and, in one speaker’s words, the “do-nothing, know-nothing Paul Ryan Congress.”A rally at an outdoor pavilion in Mandeville, La., a suburb of New Orleans, also drew about 150 supporters, a showing that pleasantly surprised even the organizers, given that it was the generally subdued day before Mardi Gras. The clothing was boisterously patriotic, the speeches veering from pleas for American unity to pledges of defiance aimed at the news media, the left, the establishment, and, in one speaker’s words, the “do-nothing, know-nothing Paul Ryan Congress.”
While dismissing the protests against Mr. Trump as little more than paid organizing, speakers did emphasize that the president needed big showings of support in his battles against “the media, Hollywood, the liberal federal bureaucracy.”While dismissing the protests against Mr. Trump as little more than paid organizing, speakers did emphasize that the president needed big showings of support in his battles against “the media, Hollywood, the liberal federal bureaucracy.”
“And you know who he has in his corner?” asked Jeff Crouere, a Louisiana talk radio host. “Us!”“And you know who he has in his corner?” asked Jeff Crouere, a Louisiana talk radio host. “Us!”