@uspolitics It sounds like the reporter from the independent didn't really keep up to speed with what was happening in the US here.

Mainstream conservative outlets had no problem dealing with the weird moniker. They easily pivoted and said that if Democrats think such and such is weird, well that just shows how out of touch they are. And then the conservatives went on to point out that their Democrats did things that they considered weird. It was an easy accusation to turn to their advantage.

Same thing here though. It sounds like the reporter from The Independent doesn't understand how this spectacle played for its audience. Conservatives like this stuff. And it's a rally, it's by conservatives for conservatives, so it accomplished its mission of preaching to the choir.

Really this just shows that the independent is out of touch with the US. It doesn't understand what it's talking about.