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DENVER, CO - July 01: Pro-Donald Trump supporters rally on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol July 01, 2016. The GOP Presidential Candidate was in town for the Western Conservative Summit. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Donald Trump supporters rally on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol.
DENVER, CO – July 01: Pro-Donald Trump supporters rally on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol July 01, 2016. The GOP Presidential Candidate was in town for the Western Conservative Summit. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
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Soon after Donald Trump spoke at the Colorado Convention Center on Friday, scores of his supporters gathered outside the Capitol building to hear Trump proponents praise the presidential candidate.

Trump supporter Mike Tomasi, 30, and his American flag pants had just come from the Trump protest outside the convention center. He was pleased to be among like-minds again.

“I didn’t see any violence toward me at the protest, though,” said Tomasi, of Englewood. “I’m not concerned about those people coming here. I give a lot of credit to the Denver police.”

Former Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo had the crowd whooping and cheering as he aired his frustrations about the presidential race turning into a conversation about race.

“It’s not about race,” Tancredo said. “It’s about making America great again.”

Other speakers bashed Hillary Clinton, focused on the need to secure the borders, feared for their guns and talked about “radical Islam” to a clapping crowd and a handful of protesters.

Trump supporters were delighted to receive protest signs scrawled with sayings like “Hillary loves a rapist womanizer” and “food stamps are a Ponzi scheme” that were made by 33-year-old Daniel Christmann. 

Christmann passed out the signs out, cracking jokes and drawing crowds before the rally began.

“I’m sick of being the only one who puts his neck out for Trump,” Christmann said. “We’ve got to be in this together.”

Jay Soloman, 18, arrived at the rally a few minutes early to get a good spot. “Someone is finally saying the truth,” he said of Trump.

After the rally, Soloman felt inspired.

“There were so many great things said,” Soloman said. “But the best was just that no matter what race you are, it’s just about being an American.”

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