On Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, Scott Presler, Trump advocate and Twitter “influencer” brought #ThePersistence to Nebraska. He’s known for his long locks (and Tucker Carlson impressions) and a very much out-and-proud gay man, somewhat of a trend as a recent poll has 45% of gay men recently polled supporting Trump. He was invited by the Republican Liberty Caucus, and we got to have a meet-up and “pep rally” with him at the Lucky Bucket Brewery. We had a handful of local politicians in the crowd, including the La Vista Mayor Douglas Kindig, legislature candidates Jorge Sotolongo and Rita Sanders, and former State Senator Mike Friend.
Scott himself took the mic before long and gave a brief stump speech on how he came to be a Trump supporters — much of it coming at the top of his lungs. The crowd was very friendly, though I also noticed some on the populist right embrace some of the same “in your face” coarse language that I’ve also seen on the populist left. Scott stuck around for over an hour afterward meeting and greeting guests and getting pictures with just about everyone in attendance (including me, of course). It was the kind of rally I like, where folks can just talk about issues over a beer (or chicken tikka tacos) like normal people.
