Posted on 09/21/2016 7:42:45 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
Trump spoke for about 30 minutes to a crowd of 2,000 people at HPU, most of which were college students. He talked about last weekend's terrorist attacks in New York, New Jersey and Minnesota, saying an improved immigration system is a national security issue.
He said in the past, the United States has defeated Nazism, Fascism and Communism. He says now is the time to defeat radical Islamic terrorism.
Trump also brought up Clinton's controversial statement where she said half of Trump's supporters can be placed into what she called "a basket of deplorables." Trump said Clinton talks worse about his supporters than she does about terrorists.
"She calls the patriotic Americans who support our campaign, many of them cops and soldiers, deplorable and irredeemable. Has she ever talked that way about radical Islam or those who oppose and murder women and gays overseas? No," said Trump.
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He was pissed. The crowd was enthusiastic and packed into Millis Hall. There are only 4,500 students or so at HPU so essentially almost half the campus heard him speak and there were about a thousand more outside. I have to talk to my son later to see if he was able to hear any of the speech and find out what the atmosphere was like. The energy surely seems palpable from here.
I just figured I'd share some (semi) first hand insight to this article.
thanks for the first (er, second) hand report! :)
where is HPU?
In contrast, the other day Clinton drew 200 at Temple.
North Carolina.
High Point North Carolina.
Gorgeous area right in the Piedmont Triad.... though I still really haven’t figured out what that means. :)
To me, Piedmont is a great Italian wine region.
is it a more conservative or rat-wing area?
Urban is Democrat but their Congressman is solid Republican and has been since the 80’s.
“He said in the past, the United States has defeated Nazism, Fascism and Communism. He says now is the time to defeat radical Islamic terrorism. “
Correction. We did not defeat communism. It’s alive and well in our universities and a good portion of congress, among other places.
“The goal of Socialism is Communism”
Well, I’m not sure. But the last time I was down there (the I-81 Corridor) all I saw was Trump signs, bumper stickers, flags, banners. It was amazing given that, to hear that NC is in play. I certainly couldn’t tell from that area.
Makes perfect sense because Piedmont means “at the foot of the mountains” in Italian.
Pied = foot, mont = mountain; at the foot of the mountains. It’s a geographical region of not just Italy but also the US southeast and mid-Atlantic. Gently rolling terrain between the mountains and coastal plain.
Triad = three. Metropolitan area with three cities in NC. In addition to High Point: Greensboro and Winston-Salem.
Triad is Greensboro, Winston Salem and High Point. Piedmont Region of NC
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