Monday, January 20, 2025

IN PHOTOS, VIDEO: Trump supporters gather at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport for president’s rally

A rough estimate of some 4,000 people gathered at the Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport Friday night for President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” rally.

Speakers include Vice President Mike Pence and congressional candidate Scott Taylor.

Hundreds lined up all day Friday just before the campaign opened the doors at 6 p.m.

Trump is scheduled to speak at 9 p.m.

We’ll have a full report later Friday night.

John Mangalonzo
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John Mangalonzo (john@localdailymedia.com) is the managing editor of Local Voice Media’s Virginia papers – WYDaily (Williamsburg), Southside Daily (Virginia Beach) and HNNDaily (Hampton-Newport News). Before coming to Local Voice, John was the senior content editor of The Bellingham Herald, a McClatchy newspaper in Washington state. Previously, he served as city editor/content strategist for USA Today Network newsrooms in St. George and Cedar City, Utah. John started his professional journalism career shortly after graduating from Lyceum of The Philippines University in 1990. As a rookie reporter for a national newspaper in Manila that year, John was assigned to cover four of the most dangerous cities in Metro Manila. Later that year, John was transferred to cover the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines. He spent the latter part of 1990 to early 1992 embedded with troopers in the southern Philippines as they fought with communist rebels and Muslim extremists. His U.S. journalism career includes reporting and editing stints for newspapers and other media outlets in New York City, California, Texas, Iowa, Utah, Colorado and Washington state.

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