On an overcast Saturday afternoon in Savannah more than 300 of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s most ardent fans crowded a ballroom to hear one of his most enthusiastic surrogates: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem.
Two weeks after Democratic nominee Kamala Harris arrived in the Hostess City, Republican Party faithful packed the Charles H. Morris Center at Trustees’ Garden, eager to participate in their version of a pre-game pep rally.
In a presidential election that most polls indicate couldn’t be much closer, the leader of a mostly rural state more than 1,600 miles away provided the message that the crowd hoped will sway neighbors and friends to give Trump a second term in the White House.
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