Trump on Rowdy Town Hall Meeting: 'These Are My People'
<p>Wednesday, August 19, 2015 08:19 PM
By: Greg Richter
</p><p>Donald Trump held his first town hall meeting Wednesday night before a rowdy Derry, New Hampshire crowd that cheered, chimed in and booed when he mentioned his presidential rivals.
</p><p>"These are my people," a gleeful Trump said.
</p><p>Jeb Bush, the establishment favorite, was nine miles away holding a simultaneous town hall event, and Trump couldn't help but comment on the man who's crown he appears —  at least for now —  to have taken and whom he has described as an unenthusiastic candidate.
</p><p>"Right down the road we have Jeb. Very small crowd," Trump said. "We have 2,500. … There are other rooms, overflow rooms all over the building."
</p><p>As various members of the crowd shouted out support, Trump said, "I love these rowdy crowds. Isn't it great? This is spirit. There's spirit. … You know what's happening to Jeb's crowd, as you know, right down the street? They're sleeping."
</p><p>Even the major cable news networks, including Fox, CNN and MSNBC, carried Trump's town hall live, while only briefly dipping in to Bush's event.
</p><p>The energy in Trump's room kept up, even as he moved into issues.
</p><p>Pointing to Bush's support for Common Core, Trump noted that "Jeb was supposed to do well in New Hampshire. How the hell does he do well?"
</p><p>Common Core, he said, "means your children are going to be educated by the bureaucrats in Washington. I think New Hampshire wants to educate their children locally."
</p><p>Trump said he still has trouble calling himself a politician, and refused to write that word as his profession on the form he had to fill out when he reported for jury duty a few days ago.
</p><p>"I can't say it," he said.
</p><p>When questions began, one man asked Trump why he didn't have more policy positions on his website than the recently added position on immigration.
</p><p>Trump said he will putting out policy positions, but he wants to make sure they have flexibility.
</p><p>"I have made a lot of great deals," he said. "I don't sit down and say, 'I will mark down 14 points'. … When you do 14 points, you know the second point may change."
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