Inside the Trump movement – VG

Three hours later Under the Texas sun, VG has been given a place among some of former President Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters (77).

On a plot of land on the outskirts of the oil city of Houston, in a sea of ​​red sun hats, the Trump MAGA movement is gathering.

Finally comes the man everyone has been waiting for.

Trump opens Session in Texas with a patriotic song recorded by prisoners convicted of the attack on Congress on January 6, 2021.

Trump himself is accused of inciting violence.

But he doesn’t regret anything.

When the song ends, Trump takes the floor to praise those who have attacked American democracy.

– I call them the hostages of January 6. They are not prisoners. Trump says: They are political hostages.

For three months VG’s US office has applied for press space for Trump’s campaign rallies.

It is rejected every time.

So, after ten rejections, we instead applied for a place in the audience.

Then we had to leave the photo bag behind, take pictures and shoot them with our iPhone.

It gave us the opportunity to get closer to Trump and his loyal voters.

Trump is the favorite now To become President of the United States again in 2024, after several opinion polls put him ahead of current President Joe Biden.

A VG review of Trump’s campaign promises shows he has become more extreme than he was when he ran — and won — in 2016.

One of the main issues for Trump is retaliation against those who have opposed him since he lost the election in 2020.

He began referring to his opponents as “pests” who needed to be “purged” from politics.

-Corrupt villain Trump says Joe Biden is determined to destroy our country to huge cheers.

– Biden wants the United States to tremble before our enemies, he wants to crush the economy with his ridiculous green transformation, and he wants to imprison those who speak against him, as Trump says.

– In 2016, I got more votes than any other candidate, then I got more votes and won again in 2020, says the former president.

fact That’s what Trump got less More votes than Hillary Clinton in 2016, but she won more voters – and thus the election. In 2020, he received fewer votes and fewer voters than Joe Biden.

Several legal reviews have rejected Trump’s claims of election fraud.

But his supporters simply don’t believe the evidence.

Every person VG talks to in the audience agrees with Trump that the election will be held in 2020 had become stolen.

Trump election campaign He is regularly interrupted by the former president who has four serious criminal cases against him.

He himself laughs at these accusations, at least on stage in Texas.

– It’s very ridiculous. Trump says: I can’t open my mouth without them coming up with a new indictment to stop me.

Trump voter Dakota Moyers (33) told VG that he has no confidence in the judiciary.

The charges are false, and they will not be able to stop him. He says:

From the theatre Trump claims that the indictments against him were brought by the Biden government.

– They are using these charges against me because Biden knows that I will crush him in the elections. Trump says everything is run from the White House, through the Justice Department.

The Department of Justice has repeatedly reiterated that this is not the case. But Trump’s supporters don’t believe it.

The accusations are only political, and it is certain that Trump will win in 2024, says Norma Crescens (50 years old):

Trump means The United States is in the midst of an immigrant invasion.

Latin America sends us its worst criminals. Rapists, terrorists and pimps. Among them are some women and children, but they are victims of human trafficking, Trump says.

He explained that Trump wants the death penalty for human traffickers.

“I loved hearing how he would close the borders and protect our country,” says Kimberly Duncan (54):

too many For Trump supporters, the election is about values. Values ​​they believe Democrats are failing at.

Democrats don’t believe in anything. They don’t even believe in God. How can they run for office without believing in God? “Without faith in our country,” Trump asks rhetorically.

The message got through, says Cody Sutton, 25. This sums up what he likes most about Trump.

– I love that Trump puts God first, and that Trump loves America, so he says:

It’s special One issue causing consternation among Democrats: voters’ reaction to the fact that Joe Biden just turned 81.

Although Trump is 77 years old, he is not seen as frail due to old age.

A recent poll showed that 71 percent of voters believe that Biden is too old to be an effective president The New York Times.

Only 39% are concerned about Trump’s age.

– I mean, Joe Biden has no energy, while Trump has much more energy and is always on the move. So he’s ready to lead, says Trump fan Don Yates, 63.

That Trump He is Powerfully, VG got the impression of being an “insider.”

He spoke nonstop for 1 hour and 37 minutes, apparently without following a pre-written script.

Several times he made the audience laugh, cheer and sing along with patriotic songs.

Even if Trump drew boos from his supporters against the “fake news media,” everyone we asked would be happy to be interviewed by VG.

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