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Johnson City, Tennessee boasts a population of less than
70,000 people. By the time the presidential motorcade rolled into town
on a hot, muggy day in early October, over 90,000 would-be attendees had
downloaded online tickets for the event, and at least 30,000 had descended upon a stadium that holds a mere 8,000 or so, hoping to get a
coveted spot to see President Trump.
As I wound my way
through the crowd to the press entrance, I could feel the electricity in
the air, the palpable excitement at the prospect of experiencing
something unlike anything that had likely ever occurred at Freedom Hall.
The fortunate ones who made it inside had waited in line for hours
beginning the night before. The rest seemed more than content to watch
the president speak on the big screens the campaign set up outside. I
marveled at the people calmly baking in the hot sun, standing in
massive, snaking lines around the stadium grounds, almost to a person
decked out in some sort of MAGA or Trump attire, clearly excited just to
be in the moment. Most knew their odds of actually getting in were
slim, but they came anyway, because history, because Trump, because
MAGA, and because of the intense camaraderie that comes from being
around thousands of people who want the same direction for America.
