A NEW trend has swept across the Republican National Convention in support of former President Donald Trump.
Hundreds of attendees and delegates at the RNC in Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum donned faux bandages on their right ear as a tribute to Trump following the attempted assassination on Saturday.
Trump, 78, famously walked the stage on day one of the convention, marking his first public appearance after gunfire erupted at the campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Secret Service agents hastily escorted a bloodied Trump off the stage as rallygoers ducked and huddled together.
One attendee, former fire chief Corey Compertore, was killed in the shooting while protecting his family.
During the convention, Trump has sported a bandage on his ear but others joined him, including Uncle Sam.
“What brought me here is my love for freedom and everybody’s got a talent and I wanna use mine to focus on what’s true and what’s right and bring our country back,” Duane Schwingel, who referred to himself as Uncle Sam from America, told The U.S. Sun.
Schwingel wore his own ear bandage with the words, “Fight, fight, fight.”
“It’s my of… in solidarity,” he said, adding that he hopes other attendees do the same.
“Start a conversation, you know?” said Schwingel.
Schwingel performed song parodies outside the stadium with themes of freedom, the American way, and Trump.
“I’m Weird Al Patriot,” he joked, referencing parody musician Weird Al Yankovic.
“Four years ago I told my wife, ‘I’m going to dress up as Uncle Sam and I’m gonna go to Trump rallies and sing songs,'” Schwingel said.
He predicted that Trump would invite him onstage for his songs, which the former President did at the first campaign rally he attended.
“So he had me then,” said Schwingel before erupting in a USA chant with other people.
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