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Trump Fires Up Supporters, Opponents In Hickory

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stopped in Hickory today to hold what he called "a lovefest." He fired up the crowd at Lenoir Rhyne University with talk of trade deals, immigration, and ISIS. Supporters and opponents of Trump outside the auditorium were also fired up.

WFAE’s David Boraks and Lisa Worf were there and discuss the mood of the rally. 

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Lenoir-Rhyne officials said they were contacted only Friday by the Trump campaign, inquiring about hosting a rally on campus. University Spokesman Drew Van Horn said the college has an open invitation to all candidates to visit campus. Trump has been the only taker this year. The last was Rick Santorum four years ago. Van Horn said college officials have taken a bit of flak for the decision. Listen to a brief interview with Van Horn, where he also talks about the "healing service" after Trump's speech: 

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Mark Rumsey grew up in Kansas and got his first radio job at age 17 in the town of Abilene, where he announced easy-listening music played from vinyl record albums.
David Boraks previously covered climate change and the environment for WFAE. See more at www.wfae.org/climate-news. He also has covered housing and homelessness, energy and the environment, transportation and business.
Lisa Worf traded the Midwest for Charlotte in 2006 to take a job at WFAE. She worked with public TV in Detroit and taught English in Austria before making her way to radio. Lisa graduated from University of Chicago with a bachelor’s degree in English.