Tuesday night was the second rally that I attended this year. The Rally To Stop Trumpcare
featured Phoenix-area Congressman Ruben Gallego, who I found to be a good stem-winder speaker. Congressman Gallego stepped out from his own district to come speak in this, Martha McSally's, district. The stated reason was that he had to come here to answer questions for McSally since she is (as caricatured below by a rally attendee) afraid to face Tucson voters.
The rally was held in the auditorium of Rincon High School, which is on the east side of town, about three miles from where I used to live when in the Air Force here. Many times over the last forty years I had caught a distant view of the airplane-hanger-like structure on the north side of the school grounds. But this was the first time inside. I got there early enough to grab an aisle seat only about 1/4 of the way back. Later it looked like the back rows were as packed as those up front, and there were also a lot of people standing along the walls. So I would say attendance was easily 700 or more.
On the way in:
Unfortunately I forget the name of this group of lady singers. They have been a political fixture in Tucson for years. The man who has briefly joined them is Bruce Wheeler. He is an experienced state legislator who announced his candidacy to oppose McSally next year. I spent much of the time in the auditorium admiring his skill and persistence at working the room informally. I was surprised not to see other announced/potential candidates doing the same.
The title of this post is from a sticker that I picked up at the rally, and that is now on my bumper.
