Former president Donald Trump held the first big rally of his comeback campaign over the weekend in a little town called Pickens, South Carolina. Reports of the crowd size vary, with Trump claiming 75,000, which is absurd, but it was a large and very enthusiastic crowd. He gave his usual spiel, whining, "I am being indicted for you." And he once again delivered his creepy new mission statement, declaring that this 2024 election is the "Final Battle" against the "communists," "globalists" "warmongers" and the "sick people" and "degenerates" who "hate our country." It was the usual cheery, positive vision of the future we've come to expect from Trump and it was especially uplifting on the 4th of July weekend. It makes you proud to be an American.
He was very well received, which isn't surprising since the district went for him in big numbers in both 2016 and 2020. The weather was very hot but the people were ready to party:
