Over 200 vehicles and their merry drivers took part in an impromptu, *possibly final* Trump rally in Anchorage today.
One observer said, “This is as grassroots as it gets,” as most of the people who turned out for the event were not regular political activists, a theme that has held true at other rallies around the state this weekend.
The vehicles and their drivers gathered in the parking lot in front of Carrs, at the corner of New Seward Highway and Northern Lights Blvd. Inside the building, voters were lined up to cast their ballots in early voting at the Midtown Mall location, which has been hopping all week.
After 45 minutes or so of sign-waving along New Seward Highway, the breeze picked up and the sign-wavers headed for their vehicles and roamed around midtown, with a few of them ending up downtown. This particular parade did not head to Wasilla, as most of the others did this fall.
Numerous vehicle rallies for Trump have taken place over recent weeks in Anchorage — six by our count here at Must Read Alaska. Most were blessed by good weather and great turnouts.
The organizer of the most recent one is a server at a local restaurant, and is an undeclared voter. In all of the events around the state, the organizers were not affiliated with the Alaska Republican Party, but were part of an unorganized grassroots groundswell across the state.
On Saturday, an 11-vehicle convoy for Alyse Galvin for Congress, complete with flags with an “A” on them, tried to replicate the enthusiasm of the Trump convoys, which have had hundreds participating across the state. The Galvin convoy ended up awkwardly appearing like an event for anarchists, who have a similar flag with an A on it.
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