30,000 turn out for Trump's Alabama pep rally
Trump: 'I'd like to have election tomorrow'
UPDATED 10:02 PM EDT Aug 21, 2015

MOBILE, Alabama (CNN) —Donald Trump brought 30,000 supporters from deep red Alabama to a Friday night pep rally in a football stadium, the latest sign that the Republican front-runner has broad, nationwide strength.

Over an hour of often rambling remarks, the New York businessman reveled in the crowd size while he offered them his usual menu of patriotic pledges and carefree criticism of the media, his opponents and political correctness that he said his crowd similarly despised.

"We've gotten an amazing reception," Trump said as he began his remarks, turning his back to the podium at the Ladd-Peebles Stadium and pointing to the rafters behind him. "Has this been crazy? Man!"

The event had the trappings of a big Friday night high school match-up. Trump flew by the stadium in his private jet shortly before 6 p.m., doing a loop around the arena before landing. The fly-by was announced over the stadium's loudspeaker to cheers.

The event was previously planned to be held at the nearby Civic Center but was moved to the 43,000-seat Ladd-Peebles Stadium -- a venue normally home to high school football games -- to accommodate the crowd. The city of Mobile confirmed late Friday that 30,000 people attended.

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Those who attended saw Trump, clad in a navy blue jacket and his own cherry-red "Make America Great Again" red baseball cap, win the admiration of hometown hero Jeff Sessions. The Alabama Republican senator did not endorse Trump, but came on stage to endorse Trump's immigration positions while wearing his own, off-white, Trump-branded hat.

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Attendees gathered as early as 6 a.m., and some traveled from as far away as Florida and California to attend.

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The first person to get in line was retired Marine Keith Quackenbush.

"This isn't about Republicans, it isn't about Democrats, this is a movement of citizens across America tired of the BS," he said.

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Quote: Sanguine wrote in post #2

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Did y'all watch his speech? I'm curious as to what you thought.

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