Under the rain on Saturday in Manhattan, a few dozen Trump supporters gathered from far and wide—Jersey Shore, DC, Queens—to stand in front of Trump Tower and show their support for the man who built it.
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They had been planning this on Facebook for over a week, and it just so happened that they arrived to see their candidate's campaign going down in flames: about 24 hours prior, audio surfaced of Trump bragging about his ability to assault women because he was a star, sending scores of Republicans to withdraw their support and calling for him to relinquish his spot on the ticket.
But these people didn't care. He was still their man. They huddled under umbrellas, squishing around the TV tents gathering rain on the sidewalk, and sang the national anthem. As Trump emerged from the Tower after a meeting with Reince Preibus, they shouted “U-S-A! U-S-A!” Someone blew a shofar, sending up a prayer to God on behalf of the beleaguered Donald Trump. A man dressed as a human-sized penis stood around with a placard that said, “TAKE A PICTURE WITH TRUMP!!!”
"He is the only one who can get us out of the mess we're in," said Jeannie Rodriguez. She was an immigrant, "but I'm a legal immigrant," she added. "I don't care what he said. That was in the past, we all have our pasts.”
Her eight-year-old daughter Gabriela stood listening. "My responsibility as a parent is to filter information for her," Rodriguez said. "I don't have to explain it to her because right now because she can't handle it. I'm the one who's going to filter information to her.” (Gabriela, for her part, was still supporting Trump “because he’s good” and “he’s going to make America great again!”)