There is one last story from my Rally marathon that I need to share.<\/p>\n
Meet Mr. and Mrs. Beasley. \u00a0They are from northeast Georgia but were in Cedar Rapids for an extended stay to care for\u00a0two of their many grandchildren. \u00a0It was just about 3:00 when I arrived to stand in line next to them. \u00a0Mr. Beasley was my first interview of the Trump rally,<\/p>\n
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In the six hours we would spend together waiting (Trump’s arrival was almost 2 hours late), I would learn that Mr. and Mrs. Beasley also struggled with Secretary Clinton’s role in the Benghazi deaths. \u00a0Deeply skeptical of media and the polls, in many ways they might have been just about the best representation of a centrist\u00a0Trump supporter I have encountered.<\/p>\n
In the final moments before the rally began, as we sat along side each other, Mrs. Beasley asked me if I supported Mr. Trump. \u00a0She asked in earnest and in that moment, I decided to put aside my neutral facade. \u00a0Mr Beasley took note and leaned in to hear my answer,<\/p>\n
“I do have several concerns about Mr. Trump but in the end it has come down to this for me… \u00a0Mr. Trump has demonstrated a lifelong pattern\u00a0of cruelty. \u00a0By this I mean inflicting pain and distress on people senselessly, to further no cause, to achieve no end. \u00a0And I can think of no time in our history when a manifestly\u00a0cruel person was given power and a military that ended well.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
There was a pause. \u00a0Mr Beasley had been looking down as I spoke, but he raised his eyes and there was a softness in his face. \u00a0This is not to say he agreed. \u00a0But he heard me.<\/p>\n
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