Outside a primary day rally event for Donald Trump in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Newsmax correspondent Dennis Lynch was tasked with asking veterans on line for the event what they thought of the candidate, given the high number of veterans among voters in the GOP contest.
There was just one problem: Lynch couldn’t find any. After asking around, he quickly found out why:
Why I could not find a single veteran on the line for Donald Trump event…
Posted by Dennis Michael Lynch on Saturday, February 20, 2016
Top Right News confirmed that about an hour before the event began, a Trump staffer saw a few vets in wheelchairs, and asked them to come in early. Five minutes later at the direction of the candidate, more staff were deployed to bring every veteran inside early, some of whom got time to meet Mr. Trump before his speech.
Class Move: At Spartanburg, SC appearance, six @realDonaldTrump aides came to line to invite ALL VETERANS inside early
— 2016 Election News (@2016Update) February 20, 2016
According to the latest FoxNews poll, Trump is the choice of veterans, leading 37% – 22% over second place rival Ted Cruz.
He knows how to play the crowd.