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WEEK 046 / 073 — Five States, One Night
 Chapter 4 — The Primaries · Apr 26 – May 2, 2016
election-night stage under falling confetti, five great banners over a roaring halftone crowd; imposing older man with a sweeping golden pompadour mane, heavy brow, strong jowled jaw, long dark suit, very long red necktie flowing like a battle banner, arms spread wide, shot from below, mane haloed
APRIL 26, 2016. FIVE STATES IN ONE NIGHT — CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND. THE PACT OF THE TWO SURVIVORS IS ANSWERED.
“THANK YOU Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island! #MakeAmericaGreatAgain”
DONARUDO — @realDonaldTrump · verbatim
imposing older man with a sweeping golden pompadour mane, heavy brow, small intense eyes, strong jowled jaw, long dark suit, very long red necktie flowing like a battle banner stands before a fortress-like tower, wrapped in a blazing rising battle aura, halftone energy climbing skyward
“We are now at 1001 delegates. We will win on the first ballot and are not wasting time and effort on other ballots because system is rigged!”
DONARUDO — @realDonaldTrump · verbatim
vast night rally seen from above, halftone masses packed inside stadium gates while smoke and burning debris rise beyond the fences, torn flag scraps in the wind, police lines as dark silhouettes, heavy chiaroscuro night
NIGHT OF APRIL 28. COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA. THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND WITHIN THE GATES — FIRE AT THE FENCES. THE WAR HAS REACHED THE WESTERN SHORE.
(Thank you Costa Mesa, California! 31,000 people tonight with thousands turned away. I will be back! #Trump2016)DONARUDO — @realDonaldTrump · verbatim
Everybody is talking about the protesters burning the American flags and proudly waving Mexican flags. I want America First - so do voters!DONARUDO — @realDonaldTrump · verbatim
stooped elderly man with flyaway white hair, round glasses, pointing finger stands alone in falling rain before a shuttered hall; far above, framed in a high tower window, an imposing older man with a sweeping golden pompadour mane and heavy brow watches with something like pity
Bernie Sanders has been treated terribly by the Democrats—both with delegates & otherwise. He should show them, and run as an Independent!DONARUDO — @realDonaldTrump · verbatim
storm-lit plain at dawn: imposing older man with a sweeping golden pompadour mane, heavy brow, very long red necktie flowing like a battle banner marches on a crumbling rampart held by a round-faced man with slick dark hair, hooded eyes, thin smile; beyond, a woman in pantsuit armor waits
“I will defeat Crooked Hillary Clinton on 11/8/2016. #Trump2016#MakeAmericaGreatAgain”
DONARUDO — @realDonaldTrump · verbatim
FOR THE FIRST TIME HE SPEAKS THE DATE ALOUD. BUT EVERY ROAD NOW NARROWS TO ONE STATE — INDIANA, THE COURTIER'S LAST WALL.
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

The chronicle records the five-state sweep: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island fall in a single night, and the delegate count crosses one thousand — a first-ballot crown all but prophesied. In California the sieges turn violent, fire and foreign flags at the gates of a thirty-one-thousand-strong host, while the conqueror looks on the wild sage of the other kingdom with pity. Then, for the first time, he speaks the date of the final battle aloud: 11/8.