Day 7 - Before Election Day Nikki Haley Event


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BEFORE ELECTION DAY NIKKI HALEY EVENT 

    Before we left Charleston, we had to attend a final Nikki Haley event, this event was her final event before the primary election the next day. She spoke so confidently and wore an American flag weave crewneck. I had mentioned to some of my peers that we admired her outfits and at this point, we would speculate what she would wear to the next event. This was the most dramatic of events of all of them, as she had entrance music and was met by a huge round of applause. We were in the audience and had signs and we were 
all so hyped for the election. We ended up being the most hyped people in the audience, which was surprising considering a large part of us were left-leaning and not Republicans. We once again recognized her stump speech, murmuring what her rhetoric before she said it. Something we all thought was very interesting and funny. But our hype would fade as a wave of tiredness fell over us. Many of us left the event early due to this, as we were just not feeling it after starting the event off so hyped. After the event, many people slept in the car ride back to Lexington, where we were staying.

   

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