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“Trump 2020: No More Bull****” read one of several flags flapping from a buggy driven by a woman in Amish clothing Sept. 26 in Fredericksburg, Ohio. A simple sign on the front of the buggy read “Amish for Trump.”
It was one of about five buggies in a pair of late-September village parades that may not have fulfilled organizers’ goal of demonstrating Amish enthusiasm for Donald Trump enough to bring the president just across the county line to a Holmes County campaign stop, but did show at least a handful of young Amish people are willing to take unprecedented steps in public political activity. “After this is over, we’ll have a rally at the ballpark,” said parade organizer and Bikers for Trump founder Chris Cox to bystanders lining the route, as seen in a live online video. “The Amish ladies made some desserts, and we’re giving away a Donald Trump-signed hat after we do the Pledge of Allegiance.”
Because Amish have a tradition of mostly avoiding elections but hold conservative values and are concentrated in battleground states, Cox has been working for about four years to get Amish to vote in greater numbers. He even facilitated an Oval Office meeting of four Amish men from Ohio and Pennsylvania with Trump last December. “There are a lot of parallels with the bikers and the Amish,” he said in a Sept. 17 video. “They love their families. They love their country. They love their church. And they like their property, and they want to protect it. . . .
It was one of about five buggies in a pair of late-September village parades that may not have fulfilled organizers’ goal of demonstrating Amish enthusiasm for Donald Trump enough to bring the president just across the county line to a Holmes County campaign stop, but did show at least a handful of young Amish people are willing to take unprecedented steps in public political activity. “After this is over, we’ll have a rally at the ballpark,” said parade organizer and Bikers for Trump founder Chris Cox to bystanders lining the route, as seen in a live online video. “The Amish ladies made some desserts, and we’re giving away a Donald Trump-signed hat after we do the Pledge of Allegiance.”
Because Amish have a tradition of mostly avoiding elections but hold conservative values and are concentrated in battleground states, Cox has been working for about four years to get Amish to vote in greater numbers. He even facilitated an Oval Office meeting of four Amish men from Ohio and Pennsylvania with Trump last December. “There are a lot of parallels with the bikers and the Amish,” he said in a Sept. 17 video. “They love their families. They love their country. They love their church. And they like their property, and they want to protect it. . . .
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