Throngs of Donald Trump supporters were greeted by extraordinarily tight security at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island.
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Donald Trump 's supporters started packing the Nassau Coliseum parking lot just after 8 a.m. on Wednesday in advance of the former president's scheduled rally later in the evening.The doors will open at 3 p.m. and Trump is not expected until at least 7 p.m.Security is extraordinarily tight for Trump's first rally since Sunday's second assassination attempt. Measures were both seen and unseen, including visible sharpshooters and helicopters overhead.
Look at these people. This is what we need again,' one person said.Reflecting the divisions in the country, large protests were expected just outside the gates of coliseum later Wednesday.'Donald Trump, you know, he puts on a good show. Unfortunately, he puts on a crummy presidency,' one man said. 'So I think that's what we have to remind voters of.
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