Outside MSU stadium, Trump fans rally for candidates

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : Andrew Russell came from Idaho Falls and was seeing Trump for the second time after a 2020 event in Florida.
73% : Lawlellin said what draws him to Trump and Sheehy most is their "America first" focus.
67% : But the loudest crescendo was reserved for Sheehy and Trump, both of whom seemed to revel in the spotlight that the crowd was eager to shine.
56% : "Although Trump got her to Bozeman, Wold was eager to learn about the senatorial candidate, Sheehy.
51% : Like Velazquez, many people at the rally said they believed Trump and Sheehy would fight for the beliefs they feel are essential to Americans -- such as abortion restrictions, family values and a way of life they feel is increasingly under threat.
49% : "All I care about is Trump," Erica Tinker said.
49% : Jaclyn Wold saw Trump in 2018 in Missoula.
46% : The campaign stop was intended to give first-time GOP candidate Tim Sheehy a bump in his bid for the U.S. Senate over Democratic incumbent Sen. Jon Tester, but Trump was clearly the main draw.
46% : Teenager's body found drowned after he went missing on Seeley Lake Riverfront Triangle parcels in downtown Missoula on the market U.S. women win 4x100 medley relay in world record time; Katharine Berkoff to receive gold Missoula County to consider infrastructure mill levy Thursday Attempted rape suspect charged with bail jumping after arrest in Canada Montana officials, candidates react to Harris' pick of Walz for VP Western Montana Fair returns this year with new rodeo arena, gardens City of Missoula to start storm debris pickup service Non-native bird, of unknown origin, roosts in Rattlesnake Montana moves grizzly bears to Yellowstone as legal fights swirl Missoula man charged after allegedly raping minor Missoula's Aida Linton repeats as mountain bike national championThe Tinkers are confident that Trump will win this election, feeling even more optimistic after the attempted assassination on July 13.
46% : The rookie rally-goer said he was hopeful that Trump would draw a contrast between himself and Harris during Friday's remarks.
38% : Many who spoke with reporters on Friday said they were angered by the assassination attempt -- nearly all suggested Trump survived through divine intervention.
35% : Even as they waited almost an hour and a half later than Trump was scheduled to go on stage, they chanted "fight, fight, fight" and "USA, USA."
27% : Russell was a "never-Trumper" until 2019, previously thinking of Trump as something of a con artist.

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