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Trump Holds Raucous Campaign Rally In Sacramento

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is campaigning in California this week, even though he does not need to win the party's primary.  Capital Public Radio's Ben Bradford reports that the candidate drew thousands to an airport hangar in Sacramento.

They watched in hundred degree heat as the Trump jet landed to the orchestral theme song from the movie Air Force One.

[orchestral music]

Trump told the crowd he’s campaigning to win the general election in California.

Trump2 – // now everybody said for a Republican to run in California is not going to happen, but I’m sort of different, you know? I’m, like, different. (8s)

Nevertheless, California hasn’t voted for a Republican president since 1988, and polls have Clinton winning the state in a hypothetical match-up by double digits. Republican political analyst Bill Whalen thinks the billionaire may have a different goal this trip.

Whalen9 - California tends not to be in play, but maybe Trump wants to change that, but I think there’s one other value for him, being in California, he is probably making the calculation that he comes out here and there’s going to be a controversy, there is going to be a kerfuffle. (12s)

Whalen says his strategy has been to constantly draw free media attention.

Trump3 – All right get him out of here, folks, get him out of here.

This rally had several moments that could end up on cable news loop, such as the candidate calling for a protestor to be kicked out.

Do we love these Trump rallies? Do we love them? Get him out of here, go ahead, out! Out! (19s)

There was his Hillary Clinton impression.

Trump4 - She’s got like these minor speeches and she’s going, and I saw this a couple of times. You know, four words. ‘We’re going to win in the north, south, east, and west. Bah buh bah, bah buh bah.” (13s)

Whalen, the political analyst, says these moments galvanize Trump supporters, such as Dave Nau from Auburn.

Nau: He’s not politically correct and I like that. He’s like throwing a hand grenade into a room. (4s)

Trump travels next to Los Angeles and then San Jose.

In Sacramento, I’m Ben Bradford.

Ben Bradford is a city kid, who came to Charlotte from San Francisco by way of New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Prior to his career in journalism, Ben spent time as an actor, stuntman, viral marketer, and press secretary for a Member of Congress. He graduated from UCLA in 2005 with a degree in theater and from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2012. As a reporter, his work has been featured on NPR, WNYC, the BBC, and Public Radio International.
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