Trump supporters line up 42 hours early for Orlando campaign rally
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ORLANDO, Fla. - With tents, sleeping bags and coolers of water in tow, Donald Trump supports began lining up for Tuesday's campaign rally in Orlando, nearly two full days before the event.
Outside the Amway Center, where President Trump will officially kick off his 2020 re-election bid at 8 p.m. Tuesday, about two dozen people and counting had staked out a spot along Division Street as of Monday morning.
"This is the big one," said Jennifer Petito, 54, of Melbourne. "This is the mother of all rallies."
Petitio, who was wearing a pink "Women for Trump" hat and a red-and-white striped fanny pack, was second in line. She said she got there around 2 a.m. - 42 hours before the rally's start.
The Amway has capacity for about 20,000 people. Trump tweeted last week that there had been 74,000 requests for tickets. People in line said they had been told the first 100 people would get to sit in the front row.
City officials had previously said they expected people to start lining up Monday.
"We came here thinking if we got here today, we'd be late," said Ellie Salvador, 67, of Miami. "I want to get inside, not watch him on a TV screen."
Saundra Kiczenski, 40, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, has been to 28 rallies for Trump. She said she's waited in line through rain and freezing temperatures to hear the president speak and isn't worried by the heat and rain expect in Orlando this week.
"I would sit here in the pouring rain," she said. "It's just better to get here super early and wait it out."
Motioning to a patch of mulch and leaves, she said, "It looks like this is going to be a really comfy bed."
Many people in line had gotten hotel rooms or reserved parking spots nearby and planned to wait in shifts.
Jeanna Gullett, 54, and Anna Connelly, 61, of Inverness, Florida, set up a tent they plan to sleep in and take cover if it rains. They had gallons of water, cans of tuna to make sandwiches, soda and a first-aid kit.
"It's historic. He's announcing his candidacy for the presidency," Gullet said. "I think he'll go down as the best president in history. I really do."
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You have got to be kidding me.
The cult of....
No, it's not a cult, silly.
It a whole populist movement toward a more responsible and effective government.
Please tell us again what the democrats are going to do for us, besides nothing
The doing nothing would be called, the Senate.
Trump says supporters might ‘demand’ that he serve more than two terms as president
Somehow, I wouldn't doubt it.
Don't let your knickers bunch up too much just yet. Trump is just blowing smoke
1.) He's gotta win his 2nd term first.
2.) People were saying the same sorts of things about Clinton and Obama and it didn't happen.
3.) It will never happen. The 22nd amendment passed for good reason. It will never get legally repealed. Of that i have little doubt
I don't think it would ever happen yet I wouldn't put it past trump to think people would want it.
Well, like i said, he wouldn't be the first to think that.
Clinton and Obama both beat him to it.
So now we know that the people in the front row will have been in a tent out in the rain, eating tuna for two days...
The wait is worth it for them
Thank you Jesus !
Trump laid hands on the baby, and six months later the child could walk.
I can only call them idiots. trump feeds off that shit.
In his interview he called them cute. I call them fucking morons.
And after three years, finally said it's first word...Wall.
Apparently Jesus loves serial cheaters, misogynists, liars and crooks.
You do know trump is a socialist, right?
I like this one. What unspeakable sight did she see?
I always travel with my own MRE's.
Had them for the first time after hurricane Katrina. I had to laugh at the little bottle of Tabasco sauce.
"I think he'll go down as the best president in history. I really do."
Lol, as ranked by members of the American Political Science Association. Clearly an unbiased body right? Well ..... maybe not.
Hmmmmmm 57% Dems and 13% Repubs? I mean how could this survey go wrong? Ranking Trump last behind many other clearly worse Presidents reeks of liberal bias. Nothing more, nothing less.
I guess some folks will never get over the fact that he won in 2016.