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What you see here likely is part of a “chain” of such “shops” scattered hither and yon throughout Texas and other supposedly Donald Trump-leaning states leading up to the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n

With apologies for the composition of the photo — which I shot while sitting at a street light at the Intersection of U.S. Highway 380 and Bridgefarmer Road on the outskirts of Princeton, Texas — this is a Donald Trump campaign kiosk.<\/p>\n

I figure there will be others of them popping up in Collin County, Denton County, Tarrant County and perhaps even in Dallas County.<\/p>\n

I’ll have more to say about this kiosk later after I visit with the folks who man it during the heat of the day. It’s 100-plus degrees, zooming to a heat index reading of about 110. I won’t venture out again today … maybe later when it “cools”<\/em> to around 95.<\/p>\n

I learned a thing or two when I attended the Trump rally this past year at the American Airlines Center arena in downtown Dallas. One of those things is that the rank-and-file Trump supporters — at least those with whom I had some conversation — are fine folks. I didn’t run into any rabid knuckle-draggers. With that established I am going to presume that the folks running the Trump Shop just down the highway from our neighborhood fall into the “nice folks” category of Trumpkins.<\/p>\n

I do want to ask them this simple set of questions: How can they continue to support a guy who denigrates prisoners of war, mocks people with handicaps, calls Nazis and Ku Klux Klansmen “very fine people,” and uses tear gas on U.S. citizens who are mounting peaceful protests.<\/p>\n

I will do my very best to keep the derision out of my voice. I also hope they do their<\/em> very best to answer the questions honestly and politely.<\/p>\n

I’ll get back to you … maybe soon.<\/p>\n\n

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