Posted on 02/13/2016 1:50:08 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
I'm here in downtown Greenville ahead of Saturday night's GOP presidential debate at The Peace Center. Down the street from the venue, a flurry of "Trump" signs led me to his local campaign headquarters. Hundreds of visitors have been filing in and out since this morning, organizers told me. One receptionist said "she's never seen anything like it" since she started working there a month ago.
All ages were walking through the HQ, many of whom were eager to take pictures with the life size cutout of Trump in the lobby.
"We won't be swayed tonight," one Trump supporter said, speaking for his family. Meaning, no matter what happens at tonight's debate, Trump is their guy. "Jeb's not going to get anything done" and Rubio "doesn't have the experience," he said, dismissing the Republican frontrunner's opponents.
Why do so many South Carolinians have Trump fever? I asked several people who were picking up Trump bumper stickers and yard signs and the most frequent responses focused on two issues: The economy and, his most vocal issue, immigration.
In fact, the first person I talked to said only one word when I asked him why Trump had his vote: "Immigration."
Trump's campaign seems to be well aware that his anti-amnesty stance has hit a nerve with his supporters. They encouraged visitors at the local headquarters to open a binder on the table that had a list of reforms Trump intends to make as president. The very first tab outlined his plans for immigration.
A group of young male students from South Carolina's Furman University echoed that sentiment. One of the young men said he's voting for the businessman because of his strong stance on ISIS and immigration.
"He's going to build a wall," he said.
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PING!
“Debate”? What debate? They don gotta show you no stinkin’ debate!
What time and what channel is the debate?
Trump’s support is not malleable.
His campaign is a movement. It’s a revolution. It doesn’t exist as a place to park yourself until some other person woos you away.
That’s why it only grows.
Yep. When Cruz implodes, Trump will go over 50% easily.
I had a movement after coffee this AM :)
9:00 PM Eastern time on CBS.
really how much can you learn from the 242353456th republican debate this election season
The allegiance is blind. It is not moored to rationality.
It’s not about learning. It’s about positioning. Fascinating to watch IMO.
I want a custom LEGO wall kit for my son.
Complete with the guard towers, the Trump logo and a YUUUUGE gate.
CBS, 9 pm to 11 pm ET.
I don’t Cruz will catch, but it’s unlikely he will implode. I think that he’s run the most prepared campaign and with the fewest errors. He’ll be there in the end to strike a deal with Trump.
Thanks for posting this!! Love all of the SC enthusiasm for Trump!!
Are you kidding me? He’s stumbling all over himself.
...and make mexico pay for it. ole!
So the point here is that Trumpsters are so rabid that regardless of the debate results they will march into battle on a cult of personality?
Not a solid conservative plan
Hundreds of people!
South Carolina is peculiar, this event is in the Upstate, which is in some ways another planet from the Low Country. Upstate is more friendly to rabble-rousing and upsetting the apple cart, Low Country is political establishment all the way. Graham is hated Upstate, elected by the Low Country. I expect Bush to put in a better showing than expected due to this dichotomy. Cruz is a mixture, he won’t fare badly in either region but the support doesn’t seem strong enough for him to win outright. Trump’s polling is very strong in SC statewide. I expect he’ll win, but not by as wide a margin as polling indicates.
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