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Meet the RNC delegates who have adopted Trump’s bandage for their own ears
Inspired by Trump, they seek solidarity with him.“It’s a new sign of unity within the party,” said Joe Neglia, a Republican delegate from Arizona who says he was the first to make an ear covering out of white paper and affix it to the side of his head. “When I saw him come out Monday night — that magical moment — I thought, ‘I have to do something,’ and this is what I could do.”
[Another AZ delegate] estimates that at least half of Arizona’s 40-plus-member delegation is now wearing bandages.
“It’s a sign of solidarity,” he said in an interview on the convention floor.
Arizona delegate Liz Harris said she went to the only Walgreens she could find open at 11 p.m. after the convention was gaveled closed for the day and bought gauze pads and surgical tape, which she proudly displayed on the floor Wednesday night.
And when she heard that some people online had referred to their trend as cultish, she scoffed.
“It’s in solidarity,” she said, echoing Berland, the Arizona delegate.
Just as Harris was saying she wished others might use her newly purchased medical supplies, fellow Arizona delegate Michael Schaffer walked up with an unadorned right ear.
“We’ve got a patient,” she said excitedly, as she began unraveling tape and ministering to his naked ear.
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