ANAHEIM, California — Hours before former President Donald Trump was set to address California's state GOP convention, a crowd of supporters gathered outside the Anaheim Marriott hotel loudly proclaiming their enthusiasm for the former president.
ANAHEIM, California — Hours before former President Donald Trump was set to address California's state GOP convention, a crowd of supporters gathered outside the Anaheim Marriott hotel loudly proclaiming their enthusiasm for the former president.
"It did not change my opinion on him," said Max Ukropina, a 35-year-old Orange County resident running for California's 47th Congressional District."Clearly, he's coming here and able to fill rooms packed to the gills with, I don't know, close to 1000 people and room left over, sold out weeks ago. It's very clear he has the momentum. And so it was very clear why he didn't have to be at the debate.
DeSantis, the closest rival to Trump in the primary, even remarked on Trump's crowd of supporters during the GOP convention."I'm actually a little disappointed. I didn't see any protesters out for me today. Where did the protesters go?" DeSantis joked on Saturday to the crowd."We had them six months ago when I was here. I had them in other parts of California since I've been here, but they will come after you.
Trump spent a few moments during his own address, which heavily resembled his campaign rallies, to recount an anecdote about how his endorsement of DeSantis during his 2018 gubernatorial campaign propelled him to the governor's mansion."The guy had no chance of getting elected governor. He came to see me with tears in his eyes," Trump said.
Along with DeSantis, Sen. Tim Scott and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy also spoke at the convention, but none of the three candidates received as much fervor as Trump did from the crowd. All three spoke to smaller crowds compared to Trump's address, which featured roughly 1,500 supporters. And while attendees said they were unconcerned that Trump won't debate, they also said they weren't concerned about his age as news of Sen.
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