For the first time since he was President, Donald Trump returned to Arizona for a ‘Protect Our Election’ rally this afternoon at the Arizona Federal Theater. More than five thousand people showed up in downtown Phoenix to see Trump and several other key Republican figures.
“I love Trump,” said one woman who showed up at 4:30 a.m.
And if the flags, t-shirts, or chants outside the theater didn’t give it away, she wasn’t the only one.
“I love Donald Trump,” Glendale resident Ashley Chalupnik said. “Maybe I’m being silly, but I consider him family. I think he holds a lot of my values and my family’s values. Christianity, supporting the Jews, just putting America first.”
Several in attendance say that since Trump left office, they feel less comfortable. And they want that comfort back, both at the national level and here in Arizona. For them, Trump being re-elected in 2024 would go a long way towards making that happen.