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spanone

(135,844 posts)
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 07:39 AM Jun 2019

Trump to Kick Off 2020 Campaign in a City That Loathes Him

ORLANDO, Florida—On Tuesday night, President Trump will arrive in this central Florida city to officially and publicly launch his 2020 campaign, to what is expected to be a large, overflow crowd of adoring fans in a swing state he won in 2016. His allies and campaign staff have pulled out all the necessary stops in their efforts to please the spectacle-minded, pageantry-obsessed president.

He’ll be delivering his speech in the affirming glow of his loving followers and loyalists—and in the heart of a Florida city that largely despises him.

Outside his planned rally at the Amway Center, Trump supporters were lining up more than 40 hours ahead of the event in the hopes of getting into the venue. Throughout Tuesday, the campaign is hosting a tailgate-style “festival” outside the center featuring live music and food trucks. On Monday evening, “Women for Trump” hosted its “KICK OFF PARTY” for the campaign season at Westgate Resort and Spa in Orlando, with special guests like Trump diehard Katrina Pierson, a senior adviser on his 2020 team.

And on a highway between Orlando International Airport and downtown, a billboard was flashing a big, bold advertisement for “Chinese Americans for TRUMP.” It was less than a week before he won the presidency in November 2016 that Trump gathered thousands of his devotees and voters at the Orlando Amphitheater—where a small plane circled the area, flying a “FL Chinese Americans for Trump” sign.


https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-to-kick-off-2020-presidential-re-election-campaign-in-orlando-florida-a-city-that-loathes-him?ref=home
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Trump to Kick Off 2020 Campaign in a City That Loathes Him (Original Post) spanone Jun 2019 OP
CNN all morning Watchfoxheadexplodes Jun 2019 #1
horse race. cnn and the rest of the cable wankers have benefitted greatly from trump spanone Jun 2019 #3
I hope the A/C goes out. TheCowsCameHome Jun 2019 #5
Hundreds of thousands? rownesheck Jun 2019 #10
Hope the citizens conspiculously demonstrate their loathing for trump. empedocles Jun 2019 #2
Here's hoping he sees some protestors and the flying baby 👶 Trump Funtatlaguy Jun 2019 #4
"loving followers and loyalists?" DFW Jun 2019 #6
Don't forget The Guzzlers! Buns_of_Fire Jun 2019 #7
I wonder if he will stiff the DeVos's for the use of the Amway center? Meadowoak Jun 2019 #8
They should demand cash up front...a con man is gonna con. spanone Jun 2019 #9

spanone

(135,844 posts)
3. horse race. cnn and the rest of the cable wankers have benefitted greatly from trump
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 07:48 AM
Jun 2019

they don't want to lose their golden goose

Buns_of_Fire

(17,181 posts)
7. Don't forget The Guzzlers!
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 08:07 AM
Jun 2019

i hear they'll be whipping the crowd into an orgasmic frenzy as they play "Do You Think I'm Sexy" upon RUMP's appearance on stage! Excitement!

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