RNC Attendees Are Wearing Bandages Over Their Right Ears
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"It was a funny thing to do, but it was a serious thing because of the tragedy that happened," one attendee said.
MILWAUKEE — Stacey Goodman was not hurt.
But to show her support for former President Donald Trump in the wake of a bullet appearing to graze the tip of his right ear, Goodman tucked a small square of white gauze into the band of her red “Make America Great Again” cap.
“We stand in solidarity with him, and we wish him well. We’re with him 100%,” said Goodman, a Republican National Committee delegate from Cave Creek, Arizona.
It’s far from the most outrageous way thousands of Republican National Convention delegates and attendees have sought to stand out in a sea of people with other creative ideas for expressing their love of Trump. But it is on the cutting edge of MAGA trends, given that Trump was just wounded on Saturday in an apparent assassination attempt.
In what’s certain to be an enduring image, the former president returned triumphantly to the public eye two days later at this convention with a bandaged ear. Trump may be visibly wounded, but his standing here among the party loyalists who voted Monday to make him their 2024 presidential nominee is as strong as it’s ever been.