Virginia Heffernan: Thanks, media, for shoring up Trump's base
by Virginia Heffernan, Los Angeles Times
Sep 04, 2018
3 minutes
The always-on Trump campaign tested its new slogan Thursday night at another one of its loopy rallies. The mostly filled Ford Center in Evansville, Ind., seemed pleased.
President Donald Trump asked: "You ever hear this before: 'Make America Great Again'?"
They had.
"You know our new slogan that we will be switching to because we are ahead of schedule to make America great again? It's called 'Keep America Great!'" The fair-skinned figures in candy-colored T-shirts and dark sports coats - the gung-ho crowd unfailingly known as Trump's "base" - cheered again.
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