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Bikers and their hero Trump!!
I am surprised that Trumpy did not show up at this gathering!
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/05/politics/sturgis-biker-rally-supports-trump/index.html
Bikers salute leader of their pack: Donald Trump
By Bill Weir, CNN
Updated 8:05 AM ET, Mon August 6, 2018
Sturgis, South Dakota (CNN)On Hogs and Indians.................................
While the modern-day biker tribe is vast and varied, containing more middle-aged couples than brawling outlaws, one can go hours -- or days -- without seeing a person of color in the crowds here at one of the world's largest biker rallies.
In Sturgis, the definition of diversity is a white guy on a foreign bike.
The shooting ranges and bikini contests operate free from debate over gun control and #MeToo. And while other parts of the country agonize over his tumultuous presidency, the leader of this pack is Donald Trump.
John Sands, a postal worker, rode from Kentucky to South Dakota.
John Sands, a postal worker, rode from Kentucky to South Dakota.
"I like what Trump's doing but it seems like Congress and stuff is kinda' fightin' him," John Sands tells me through a full-face skull mask. The postal worker rides up from Kentucky each year, dressed in skeleton garb, posing for pictures with a bony middle finger raised for comedic effect. "I think (Congress) should have some term limits," he says. "Two, maybe four years." Not allowing incumbents to run for re-election time after time would end the phenomenon of career politicians, he adds.
This is not the first time or place where perception trumps data, but while America wrestles with stagnant wages, spiraling health costs and income inequality, many here see the giant crowds as an indicator of booming consumer confidence.
"We got really a lot of people that are in private business and industry that camp here and what they'll tell you is that it's the Trump bump," ........................................................"The economy is so good and people are feeling so good."
He says his average camper makes $95,000 a year, owns his own home and more than one motorcycle. In a coveted section of luxury motor homes behind the Wolfman Jack stage, there are no signs of the much-analyzed "economic anxiety" that impacted the 2016 election, only utter devotion to President Trump.
Mark Halvorson, of Great Bend, Kansas, has "Bikers for Trump 2020" tattooed on his arm, in the hopes the President will have a second term.
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"I personally love the man," says James Bakalich, a Harley parts dealer from Florida. "I think he's doing a wonderful job." When I bring up the red flags and storm clouds of Russia's attack on the election and the ongoing Mueller investigation, Mark Halvorson shrugs. ......................................
Rod Woodruff, owner of the Buffalo Chip in Sturgis, says most of the attendees are well off.
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He’d be afraid.
But, make no mistake - these folks have money.
DU loves to make fun of “menial job” tRumpers with bad teeth. Sadly, tRumpers are a varied lot.
And they seem to vote more than we do.
