A father and son from California who spent US$3,000 to travel to Washington to watch Donald Trump become the 45th president of the United States say they don鈥檛 care what the naysayers think: They support him and are hopeful for positive change under his administration.
Dean Zellers and his son Bailey, 20, from Sonoma, Calif., received tickets to Trump鈥檚 inauguration from their congressman. The pair flew to Newark, N.J. and drove more than three hours to get to D.C. ahead of Friday鈥檚 ceremony.
Sporting a Trump hat, Bailey told 麻豆传媒 Thursday that he鈥檚 excited to watch history unfold on Friday.
鈥淚t鈥檚 only going to happen twice 鈥� hopefully twice 鈥� but if it only happens once, we had to see it in person,鈥� Bailey said of Trump鈥檚 inauguration. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a big event.鈥�
As a young Trump supporter, Bailey said he stands out among his co-workers.
But he doesn鈥檛 wade into disagreements with 鈥淗illary鈥� voters. 鈥淚f they get all up in my face, I just say 鈥極k.鈥欌��
鈥淚鈥檓 a big Donald Trump fan 鈥� whatever he says (is) great,鈥� Bailey said. 鈥淗e says it how it is and a lot of people don鈥檛 like it, but (for) people who know what he鈥檚 going to do, he鈥檚 going to be great.鈥�
Bailey鈥檚 father Dean says there are multiple reasons why he voted for Trump in the U.S. election. He says the U.S. border has been 鈥減orous鈥� for some time, and claimed previous presidents haven鈥檛 done anything to address the problem.
He added that he doesn鈥檛 think all 鈥渋llegal鈥� immigrants should be shut out of the U.S. 鈥淏ut we want to be able to control that border and I live in California. So in California, it鈥檚 a lot harder for us to control that piece of the border.鈥�
Dean, an insurance broker, is also heartened by Trump鈥檚 stances on the U.S. military and affordable health care.
In general, Dean is hoping that Trump will 鈥渞eunite this country. It鈥檚 very divisive at this point.鈥�
He added that Trump isn鈥檛 even president yet, and he鈥檚 still 鈥渟aying the right things鈥� as far as his family is concerned.
鈥淗e鈥檚 not polished as I say, but he comes across to me as saying, 鈥榃e鈥檒l get through it and we鈥檒l work it,鈥欌�� Dean said.
On Friday, Dean said he and his son will be 鈥渟omewhere鈥� in the crowd to watch as Trump takes the oath of office.
Bailey, who has attended one of Trump鈥檚 rallies, said he鈥檚 looking forward to seeing him 鈥渋n person鈥� again.
鈥淗e gets everyone excited like in an action movie so it should be good to see him,鈥� Bailey said, adding it will be 鈥渃ool鈥� to see Trump鈥檚 family at the inauguration.
With files from 麻豆传媒 Channel senior producer Ramneek Gill
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