William got a seat in the front row and told me he doesn't much like illegal immigrants.
"If we went to Mexico and did what they did, we'd be shot down," he said with surety. William wants to build a wall.
So does Patricia. She was raised a Democrat but she's worried about Isis taking over the United States.
"Just look at what's happening in Syria," she told me. Again, with surety.
The warm-up speaker tottered on stage in five-inch pumps.
"I'm a god-fearing, gun-toting, baby-loving, Benghazi-truth-seeking, Army wife loving, border-fence building, common-core fighting, one nation under God-pledging Mom!"
The crowd bellowed.
Trump can hold an audience. He delivers a good joke.
In Texas, it was 25 minutes before he so much as ventured near any policy. Instead, he made wisecracks about his Republican opponents and asked the audience to check his hair. It was a masterly performance.
The protesters circled the stadium. They had kids on the shoulders and a few carried American flags. A line of cops separated them from a big screen with Trump's face.
"USA! USA! USA!"
A teenage girl became so upset I worried she might start crying.
"It's like everyone in America is celebrating a guy for being a racist pig," she said to me.
But it's all just a big joke.Jack Tame is on Newstalk ZB
Saturdays, 9am-midday
