The Trump rallies are an act of mutual love

Miranda Divine:
Listen up, Trumpophobes. It’s not so hard to understand the president’s appeal. Try going to one of his rallies and, instead of turning up your nose at the Walmart people, listen and learn.

The abuse of President Trump and his supporters that passes for analysis from his opponents is a strategic error.

The more abuse, the more Trump’s base is energized to turn out on Election Day.

At his Thursday night rally to launch his 2020 New Hampshire campaign, he broke Elton John’s all-time attendance record with a crowd of 11,500 inside the Southern New Hampshire University Arena. It wasn’t just a Trumpian boast but a number confirmed to reporters by the Manchester deputy fire marshal. An overflow crowd of 8,000 people watched outside on a giant screen.

The audience this night are patriots, veterans, moms and dads wearing “Trump 2020 F–k Your Feelings” and “Proud to be a Deplorable” ­T-shirts, American-flag boots and MAGA hats, as baby boomer anthems from AC/DC and the Rolling Stones whip them into a lather of excitement not seen since the last WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

“Good people,” Trump calls them.

Within 10 seconds of taking the stage to Lee Greenwood’s anthem “God Bless the USA,” he’s telling them, “I will never, ever let you down.”

This is a president who connects with people in an intensely personal way.

“I love you,” he says, again and again. And they yell, “We love you, Trump” right back.
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Democrats continue to make the mistake of insulting Trump supporters which only results in a stronger bond with the President.  While Democrats bash the police, Trump praises them and is critical of those who throw water on NYPD officers.  He talks about the 7 million Americans lifted off food stamps.  Democrats are mostly silent about this because they resent people no longer being on dependency.

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