What really happened at last night’s Trump Rally in Costa Mesa
Turns out DTrump hates journalists just as much as immigrants
One of Trump’s most recurring and passionate complaints at last night’s Costa Mesa rally was the media’s tendency to exclusively cover the “negative” aspects of his campaign. Multiple times throughout the event, Trump rallied the crowd to taunt and boo the media box, saying they will only turn their cameras around to show the large turnout if there is a protestor in its midst.
Sure enough, a Google search of last night’s rally will predominantly result in reports on the riots and protests following the rally. So don’t worry Mr. Trump, The Tab is here to cover the event’s entirety—every last spiteful, mocking comment.
Trump’s Southern California native advisor, Stephen Miller, enthusiastically initiated the event, referring to Trump as “the great and extraordinary man that’s going to take back the country for YOU”. (For me? Aw, you shouldn’t have. No. Really. You shouldn’t have.) Miller went on to assert, with minor subject-verb agreement issue, that the “special interest have betrayed you and your family”; the comment was followed by an assenting roar.
Miller then mentioned the name Ted Cruz, which was supplemented with a loud “boo”, explaining that although Cruz has essentially been mathematically eliminated from the running, he appointed a running mate. Miller joked that he’s also going to select his cabinet for when he becomes the King of England, and his quarterback for when he becomes a head football coach. The advisor told the crowd that although the special interest doesn’t care about American citizens, Donald Trump does. He promised that with Trump’s incumbency, there will be no more second-class citizens.
Finally, it was time for the main event. The emcee introduced Trump as “the next President of the United States”—This emcee doesn’t always have chickens, but when he does, he counts the eggs before they hatch. Donald J. Trump walked out to The Rolling Stones’ “Start Me Up”, smiling and pointing excitedly to the sea of white people, I mean the crowd.
Trump initiated his speech by bringing up a group of people who had lost loved ones to the criminal activity of illegal immigrants. He introduced an African American father who had a son who was shot and killed by an illegal immigrant that possessed three previous gun charges, and no material threat of deportation. The father told the story of his son’s death: “There’s no such thing as closure; it’s never over… We don’t care about illegal aliens,” he said, “Americans first.” The crowd erupted.
Trump regained the podium, delving into promises of immigration reform—in the form a wall. Like any good debater, Trump immediately anticipated the common refutation of this plan—building a giant wall is not realistic option. Trump rebutted by saying the implementation of a bordering wall is in fact a perfectly sensible plan because, well, China did it—and with less technology. “Our jobs have been sucked away from you like taking candy from a baby”, Trump said empathically.
The candidate assured that the wall would be paid for by México (they’re going to love that one), but built with American machinery. The crowd intermittently chanting “Build! A! Wall!” and “Made in America”. Trump’s discussion of immigration reform would not have been complete without him mocking the way, and amount in which John Kasich eats, even revealing that Trump’s son brought it to his attention saying “That’s disgusting, daddy.” Not even Trump knew the relevance of this rant, so he moved on quickly.
Mr. Trump proceeded to make the point that regardless of whether or not you sustain his ideals, you must acknowledge that the man is politically unprecedented. Trump proudly recounted Bill O’Reilly’s assertion that what has happened with Trump is the single biggest political event of his lifetime.
Trump followed that story with a conversation he had with a “liberal writer” who approached him, “[He’s] actually a very good writer, even though he happens to be on the liberal side—which is fine” Trump allowed. The writer asked Trump “How does it feel? [That] what you’ve done has never been done in the history of politics in our nation? You’ve changed the whole landscape of politics. If you don’t win, what you have done will be talked about in 20 years, 30 years, 50 years.”
Though Trump seemed flattered by this assertion, he made it clear that winning the election is the only thing that matters to him. “Frankly if I wasn’t going to win, I’d rather not get the nomination. Because the whole thing is about winning.” Ergo, he’s not here to be an unprecedented political figure (in fact he proudly sets himself apart from the other candidates by denying the status of “politician”), he’s here to implement fundamental and ideological change. And build a wall of course. “We can’t make changes if I don’t win. If I don’t win… I will have considered it a total and complete waste of time, energy, and money.” God forbid Donald Trump waste some of his money.
Throughout the rally, Trump pointed out and thanked minority supporters with signs such as “Latinos from Trump” and “African Americans for Trump”. Trump exclaimed numerous times that he loves minorities, he just wants to change the way in which they enter our country, and further secure our borders.
Trump riled an already vociferous crowd when informing them that California has suffered the consequences of open borders more than any other state. “Build! A! Wall” the chant became deafening. In recent years, our very own city of Irvine has been deemed one of the safest cities in the nation, however, Trump has a different idea: “A Trump rally is the safest place to be on the entire Earth” he said confidently—This seems like an appropriate segue to the subsequent riots.
Dozens of protestors lined the exit of the event, holding signs scrawled with messages like “Donald eres un pendejo” and, you guessed it, “Feel the Bern”. Some of UC Irvine’s own were standing right alongside them.
We interviewed two Anteaters, who desired to remain anonymous, “I’m a Trump supporter, and he’s liberal. We’re just here to observe, we’re not here to fight,” said the student. Although the UCI student is registered as a Republican, he has decided against voting in this election. Some of the protest endeavors included blocking intersections, physical altercations between differing parties, climbing street signs, and the flipping over of a police car. The protesting was a mix of both civil, and violent disobedience.
The Orange County Sheriff department had the riots relatively under control by 11 p.m. The department’s official Twitter account, @OCSD, tweeted at 11:04 Thursday night that there were about 20 arrests made.
As Trump said himself, regardless of one’s political affiliations, the 2016 Election is one that is difficult to ignore. The California Presidential Primary Election will occur on June 7th.
Lastly, here’s just a few of Trump’s notable one-liners of the evening. You’re welcome:
“‘What do you think of water boarding Mr. Trump?’ I said, ‘I think it’s great, I think it’s juuust fine.”
“I am actually a conservative but I’m like smart too.”
“Can we have a protestor in the corner stand PLEASE? That’s the only way the cameras will turn.”
“We’re going to win at everything we do. We’re going to win, win, win. You people, you’re going to be sick and tired of winning. You’re going to say, ‘Mr. President, please, we can’t take it anymore. We’re winning too much!’ And I’m going to say ‘I don’t’ give a damn!’”
If this whole presidential incumbency thing doesn’t work out, Mr. Trump may have a promising future in stand-up.
Additional reporting and pictures by Jackie Richmond