"Trump's campaign is a study in the mob mentality, how people who would normally act with kindness and compassion can turn cruel in response to the rhetoric of their leader, or in retaliation to those who oppose him. In line, I met a middle-aged woman who had quit her job to care for her ailing father, who was too weak to stand, so he rested, in his "Make America Great Again" cap, against walls along the way. Her eyes filled with tears, she professed her own dedication to Trump, whom she saw as an authentic advocate of the downtrodden. But most of all, she wanted to show her father something special, an American moment that would make him proud."
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From an account of a rally held at the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Sarah Kendzior
Sarah J. Kendzior (born September 1, 1978) is an American author, anthropologist, researcher, and scholar. Kendzior is the author of The View from Flyover Country – a collection of essays first published as articles by Al Jazeera – and is a former co-host of the Gaslit Nation podcast. Her second book, Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America, published in In 2020, was a New York Times bestseller. Her third book, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps
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