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Florida Man Goes Undercover at a Trump Rally
Pretending to be a Trump Supporter Almost Broke my Brain
The first thing I saw of him was his hair. I was sitting three rows up from the floor, stage right, not too far from his official arena entrance, and all I could make out at first was that hay-bale of his as it lingered and floated around seemingly three feet above his body. .....
.... Id spent the better part of the prior week helping organize the anti-Trump protest still going on outside. That morning, at dawn, the team leaders had broken bread together at a nearby IHOP, and it was a beautiful moment of unity. A full spectrum of political persuasion was sitting there together, sharing laughs and clinking coffee cups. Hillary-liberals and Rubio-conservatives, anarcho-capitalists and full-on Communists, you-name-it and you-name-its-opposite, all ready to stand together to show that we dont need to Make America Great Again because it already is great, that We Make America Great, that diversity and solidarity are the very foundation of our nation. E Pluribus Unum.
We finished our meal and headed to the rally to set things up. I pitched in where I could for a bit before seeing the line for the rally itself filling up fast, so I jumped in a port-a-potty and changed my shirt and threw on a borrowed Trump hat and after hugging a few of my fellow organizers-calmly walked across the street.
Heres a picture that was taken of me:
https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*3HUMbEH7GRb0QzGpqAR_6w.jpeg
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Pretending to be a Trump Supporter Almost Broke my Brain
The first thing I saw of him was his hair. I was sitting three rows up from the floor, stage right, not too far from his official arena entrance, and all I could make out at first was that hay-bale of his as it lingered and floated around seemingly three feet above his body. .....
.... Id spent the better part of the prior week helping organize the anti-Trump protest still going on outside. That morning, at dawn, the team leaders had broken bread together at a nearby IHOP, and it was a beautiful moment of unity. A full spectrum of political persuasion was sitting there together, sharing laughs and clinking coffee cups. Hillary-liberals and Rubio-conservatives, anarcho-capitalists and full-on Communists, you-name-it and you-name-its-opposite, all ready to stand together to show that we dont need to Make America Great Again because it already is great, that We Make America Great, that diversity and solidarity are the very foundation of our nation. E Pluribus Unum.
We finished our meal and headed to the rally to set things up. I pitched in where I could for a bit before seeing the line for the rally itself filling up fast, so I jumped in a port-a-potty and changed my shirt and threw on a borrowed Trump hat and after hugging a few of my fellow organizers-calmly walked across the street.
Heres a picture that was taken of me:
https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*3HUMbEH7GRb0QzGpqAR_6w.jpeg
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Florida Man Goes Undercover at a Trump Rally (Original Post)
L. Coyote
Mar 2016
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RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)1. Suddenly I have an urge
To do something I never thought about before.
Protest a Trump rally. What a great idea!
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)2. K&R*Good read
KT2000
(20,544 posts)3. it really is horrible
that so many people are mean, ignorant fools.
Heidi
(58,237 posts)4. Kick!
pfitz59
(10,198 posts)5. An excellent tale
a cautionary tale.
Turborama
(22,109 posts)6. I'm hooked from the 2nd sentence.
& R
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)9. I was hooked at "that hay-bale of his" ....
One of the best literary hooks I've read.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,789 posts)7. Nobody has more contempt for Trump supporters than Trump himself
From the article (good read):
You could see some subtle satisfaction on Trumps face as he did this nobody in the world has more contempt for Trump supporters than Donald J. Trump himself.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)8. Good point. That's the narcissist, not the Alzheimers.
RecoveringJournalist
(148 posts)10. K & R
How do we (not just liberals - but society overall) counteract this hatred and vitriol which is at the core of so many of these people? I've NEVER been so scared about the future of this country! Even if Bernie wins, these people will still be out there. And if Bernie DOES win they will be more pissed than ever against that "America-hating Communist!"