By Andy East
Hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence gathered at Mill Race Park on Saturday to celebrate the current presidential administration, while an estimated couple dozen of counter protesters turned up in opposition to the event.
The event, called the “Trump Train Car Parade,” was organized by the Bartholomew County Republican Ladies League and was inspired by boat parades in support of the president and vice president, who is a Columbus native, said Mary Beth Clauss, league president.
On Saturday, an estimated over 200 vehicles gathered at Mill Race Park for the procession, which wound its way through the city and ended near IUPUC, Clauss said.
“The idea was from all the boat parades, and we thought we don’t really have anyplace with lots of boats in Bartholomew County, so we thought we’d do it with cars,” Clauss said.
“There was just a bunch of people and they were all happy and enthusiastic, and that’s what we wanted to see,” she added.
For more on this story, see Tuesday’s Republic.
