Laconia

On February 26, after two Americans were drowned in the sinking of the British liner Laconia by a German submarine, Wilson asked Congress for permission to begin arming American merchant ships.

Scot Stebbins Sr., waited in the cold in his city of Laconia, New Hampshire, to see the person he called “the greatest president that we’ve ever had since Abraham Lincoln.”

At another point in the Laconia rally, as organizers played theme music associated with the QAnon conspiracy theory, another man in the crowd shouted “Free the J6ers!”

Trump, who ramped up his attacks on Haley in recent days, predicted victory as he spoke to voters in Laconia, N.H., on Monday.

Trump, who appeared at a pre-primary rally in Laconia with one of his former primary rivals, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, was already looking ahead to being the race’s last Republican candidate.