Republicans for Trump throw parade

Sunday, pick-ups and cars filled the Republican headquarters parking lot with Trump flags waving before the vehicles paraded down First Street then looped down Fifth Avenue in support of incumbent President Donald Trump and other Republican candidates.

One of the participants of the parade was Havre Public School Board member Ed Hill, who is running against Democrat Krystal Steinmetz to be the Republican representative for House District 28.

"It looks like a pretty good turn-out today. I think there are quite a few people here happy and excited about the prospect of Trump being re-elected," Hill said.

When asked about holding the event a couple days before the election Hill said.

"Well I think it affects me in a couple of different ways," he said. "I like to see the participation as I was out in the community and campaigning, I felt the same eagerness. A more of a movement to the conservative side. What I saw was people not liking the direction that the democratic party, and that the two parties are starkly divided."

Andrew Brekke, chair of the Hill County Republican Central Committee and organizer of the event, talked about Trump's strengths as a president and how he has affected the country.

"He's the only president that I can think of in my lifetime that has kept his promises," Brekke said.

Brekke said he accepts democracy as our system if Trump isn't re-elected.

According to the New York Times, Joe Biden holds a considerable lead against Trump in some of the most important swing states - Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Florida and Arizona.

Supporters of the president weren't deterred by the point differential, and were optimistic about the parade.

"I believe in the things he's doing, I am pro law enforcement," Trump supporter Tom Anderson said. "I have been in law enforcement in the past and I don't see it on the other side. I would be disappointed (if Trump lost in 2020), I certainly wouldn't be rioting. But I would be disappointed. What I've seen in the last few months (regarding the rioting) would be a possibility and should be squashed right away. It's not peaceful protesting, it's outright rioting."

With the election looming, a few states hold the key to which could determine the new president, and the country will be watching with anticipation on Nov. 3.