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Behind the Scenes of Trump Campaign Watch Party
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—A room full of MAGA hat-wearing Americans cheered loudly at 1:47 a.m. Wednesday when Fox News announced that former President Donald Trump had enough electoral votes to win back the White House.
The news came shortly after pollsters called multiple swing states for the former president, including North Carolina, Georgia, and Pennsylvania.
? WATCH: The moment the Trump campaign watch party learned Trump won the election. pic.twitter.com/13zoYrPDZT— Virginia Allen (@Virginia_Allen5) November 6, 2024
The energy in the room grew at the convention center in West Palm Beach, where the Trump campaign held its election night watch party, as key swing states were called.
“Everything is trending his way, it looks like,” Mike Rump of Madison, Florida, told The Daily Signal at the watch party late Tuesday night.
Energy is growing at the Trump campaign watch party. Q: Are you surprised that it appears Trump has won N.C.?A: “Everything is trending his way it looks like.” pic.twitter.com/sODfdNs5CO— Virginia Allen (@Virginia_Allen5) November 6, 2024
Both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris had spent extensive time campaigning in Pennsylvania, considered a must-win state for Harris.
Harris and Trump remained neck and neck in Pennsylvania as votes were counted Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning.
“The numbers that are coming [out of] Pennsylvania look gratifying,” former Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., said a few hours before pollsters called the state for Trump. “I didn’t expect us to win it, but right now I think we have a very good chance.”
Former Rep. Mark Foley says he did not “expect us to win” Pennsylvania, “but right now I think we have a very good chance.” pic.twitter.com/saJpYn88g0— Virginia Allen (@Virginia_Allen5) November 6, 2024
One former Pennsylvania resident, Christian singer and political activist Sean Feucht, said he believed Trump would do well among the state’s male, Amish, and Mennonite voters.
“People are fired up there,” Feucht said of Pennsylvania. “It’s probably going to take them a while to count it, but I’m pretty confident that Pennsylvania’s going to go to Trump.”
The race in PA is too close to call. I asked @seanfeucht what we’ll see out of PA tonight. pic.twitter.com/sRdY0oscr0— Virginia Allen (@Virginia_Allen5) November 6, 2024
Many of Trump’s most loyal supporters attended the watch party, including Blake Marnell, also known as “brick suit.”
Marnell told The Daily Signal that he bought the suit to “troll the Left” and then wore it to a Trump rally, where the former president noticed Marnell in the crowd. Trump called him up on stage to show the audience the suit.
“When the president of the United States calls you up on stage in a brick suit, you just become ‘brick suit’ and you don’t fight it,” Marnell laughed.
Blake Marnell bought a brick wall suit to troll the left. He then wore it to a Trump rally and now he’s know as “brick suit.” “When the president of the United States calls you up on stage in a brick suit, you just become ‘brick suit’ and you don’t fight it. You lean into it!” pic.twitter.com/HHxvZlsROV— Virginia Allen (@Virginia_Allen5) November 5, 2024
Iowa pastor Joel Tenney and his wife Sarah volunteered for the Trump campaign and sported “Make America Great Again” caps Tuesday night. Tenney said he was “praying for a landslide victory” for Trump.
Asked what he thinks about the argument that the church should stay out of politics, Tenney called that notion “communist propaganda.”
WATCH: I talked to Pastor Joel Tenney at the Trump campaign rally tonight. I asked him what he thinks about the argument that the church should stay out of politics. “I think that’s communist propaganda in our country and that fallacious idea needs to be stamped out.” pic.twitter.com/rB2Rf44yDr— Virginia Allen (@Virginia_Allen5) November 5, 2024
Assuming a Trump victory, multiple supporters told The Daily Signal that they would like the president-elect to take action to close the border on Jan. 20, his first day in office.
Teens at the Trump campaign watch party: “We’re coming back. He’s coming back.” pic.twitter.com/c5Izo9MUAg— Virginia Allen (@Virginia_Allen5) November 5, 2024
As a Jewish woman, Monica Guttman said, she hopes the president-elect also will act on his first day back to bring the hostages home.
“I would ask Trump to bring our hostages home now, because it’s one year and change and this administration currently has done nothing,” Guttman said.
Q: What would you ask Trump to do on day one if he’s elected? A: “I would ask Trump to bring our hostages home now, because it’s one year and change and this administration currently has done nothing.” pic.twitter.com/Sm7y3cJEOz— Virginia Allen (@Virginia_Allen5) November 6, 2024
The crowd waited with building anticipation early Wednesday morning for Trump to take the stage and deliver remarks.
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