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Hundreds of Trump supporters parade down Route 30

Jacob Tierney
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Motorcyclists participate in the Trump Flag Parade on Sunday on Route 30 in North Huntingdon.
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Supporters of President Trump wave flags as motorists pass up and down Route 30 in North Huntingdon on Sunday during a Trump Flag Parade.
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Mick Davison, of North Huntingdon, shows his supporter with an American flag on the side of Route 30 as pick-up trucks carrying supporters pass by Sunday during the Trump Flag Parade in North Huntingdon.
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Gaven McCuean, 15, of Trafford, waits for the Trump Flag Parade to take off from the Norwin Hills Shopping Center on Sunday in North Huntingdon.
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Motorists and passengers wave flags showing support for President Trump during a Trump Flag Parade on Sunday, in North Huntingdon.
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Lisa Zelen (left) and Julie Molyneaux, wearing masks of Donald and Melania Trump, prepare to participate in a parade of Trump supporters Sunday.
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Supporters of President Donald Trump take part in a parade Sunday in North Huntingdon.
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Supporters of President Donald Trump take part in a parade Sunday in North Huntingdon.
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Supporters of President Donald Trump take part in a parade Sunday in North Huntingdon.
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Supporters of President Donald Trump take part in a parade Sunday in North Huntingdon.
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Supporters of President Donald Trump take part in a parade Sunday in North Huntingdon.
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Supporters of President Donald Trump take part in a parade Sunday in North Huntingdon.
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Supporters of President Donald Trump take part in a parade Sunday in North Huntingdon.
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Supporters of President Donald Trump take part in a parade Sunday in North Huntingdon.
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Supporters of President Donald Trump take part in a parade Sunday in North Huntingdon.
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A couple on a trike drive on Route 30 waving flags showing support for President Trump during a Trump Flag Parade on Sunday in North Huntingdon.
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Supporters of President Trump gather for a Trump Flag Parade on Sunday at Norwin Hills Shopping Center in North Huntingdon.
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Motorists cruises west and east on Route 30 waving flags showing support for President Trump during a Trump Flag Parade on Sunday in North Huntingdon.
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Drivers waving Trump flags, Gadsden flags, and American flags, drive up and down Route 30 on Sunday as hundreds participate in a Trump Flag Parade in North Huntingdon.
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Crowds of supporters for President Trump gather in the parking lots of Norwin Hills Shopping Center on Sunday in North Huntingdon. Hundreds of supporters participated in a Trump Flag Parade rally up and down Route 30 in Irwin.

A convoy of hundreds of cars, trucks and motorcycles paraded down Route 30 on Sunday, with horns blaring, flags waving and shouts of “four more years.”

The parade, and the ensuing rally at Irwin Park, was held to support the reelection of President Trump.

Bruce Egan of North Huntingdon drove an antique tow truck decked out in Trump flags, Trump campaign signs and a sign saying “Back the Blue.”

“It’s a way that you can try to keep the country from going to hell,” Egan said. “I think Trump has changed the direction in a lot of ways.”

Egan said he supports Trump’s policies on abortion and immigration.

Mark Moss of North Huntingdon lives a block away from Egan, but they met for the first time at the parade and struck up a conversation.

Moss said the country is being divided by political extremism, particularly from the left.

“Political animus is rife, even in my own family,” Moss said.

Though he believes it is important to support the president, he didn’t think Sunday’s event would change any Democrats’ minds.

“They’re going to sit and say, ‘Those bunch of idiots,’ ” he said.

Egan was more hopeful.

“They’re going to sit and take notice, and say, ‘Maybe they’ve got a point,’ ” he said.

Parade participants gathered Sunday morning in the Norwin Hills Shopping Center. The pre-parade atmosphere was like a tailgate, with participants tossing a football around, chatting with fellow Trump supporters and playing country music from their truck radios.

From the shopping center, the parade traveled down Route 30 to Norwin Town Square, then back to Irwin Park for the rally, where local Republican officials addressed the crowd.

Irwin police escorted them.

Audrey Ward of North Huntingdon did not participate in the parade, but she showed up at the shopping center to watch and cheer it along.

“I think it’s great, showing support for our president,” she said. “It gives me goosebumps.”

Several local Trump supporters organized the event.

A Saxonburg woman who declined to give her name said she’s excited for a second Trump term.

“He’s kept every single promise he made,” she said. “Now we’re just waiting on the big one — drain the swamp.”

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