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These guys aren't secret protesters or disillusioned. From what I gathered talking to many of them in the cramped and sweaty hour we spent standing together before the event, they are simply a more cautious brand of Trump supporter. GOP loyalists who see in Donald Trump not an idol but a man with enough money that he can't be corrupted by Wall Street. Trump speaks to their fears and frustrations, and since he isn't in anyone's pocket, they feel like he might mean it. Many of the rally attendees were former supporters of Christie or Jeb! or Rubio. They are still concerned about the strange, red-faced man who might be their candidate, but now are also willing to give him a try. As I stood there, I thought back to something Barry had told me:

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"There's this natural occurrence in GOP primaries, where people want to be with the winner. ... If he can crack 50, this could end pretty fast."

Currently, 44 percent of Republicans support Donald Trump. And it's not because they're all racists or gun-toting crazies. Two of the most fervent Trump supporters I met at the rally are Latino-American immigrants. One is a young mother. And the most consistent reason they all give for their support is the same thing you'd hear at a Bernie Sanders rally:

"He's not in anybody's pocket. He doesn't owe favors to any big donors. He's his own man."

And now he's their man. Donald Trump is absolutely a liar, a racist, a charlatan, and maybe even an honest-to-God monster. But if all the people following him were those things too, he wouldn't still be winning.

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