Bandage of brothers! How RNC delegates are strapping up their ears as it becomes a symbol of support and defiance among Donald Trump's supporters By Perkin Amalaraj Published: 13:34 BST, 18 July 2024 | Updated: 13:54 BST, 18 July 2024 e-mail View comments Delegates at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin , are strapping home-made bandages to their ears, in the latest sign of devotion to former president Donald Trump . Trump, 78, was seen walking into the RNC on Monday with a bandage over his ear, just two days after he was shot at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania . And in a sign of nearly-feverish support for Trump, Republican delegates were seen sporting their own bandages, which they either made and brought in, or had handed to them as they walked around the Fiserv Forum in the heart of Wisconsin's largest city.
Texas delegate Jackson Carpenter told the Washington Post that he put the bandage on after learning another person was handing them out at the conference. He was keen on the bandage as a symbol, as 'w e need a symbol about political violence not being acceptable in America.' In a sign of nearly-feverish support for Trump, Republican delegates were seen sporting their own bandages over their ears Zachary Landsdowne, a Washington state delegate, meanwhile said he brought one he made at home with Band-Aids, but no one took notice until he swapped them out for white paper.
'I saw one guy with an entire napkin against the side of his head, but it di.