Crowd Goes Crazy For Ron Paul Revolution

The Civic Auditorium was standing-room-only for Ron Paul’s rally Monday night, with nearly 1,900 people showing up to hear the Republican candidate’s 50-minute speech.

From the minute people started showing up at 4 p.m. to the standing ovations that filled Paul’s speech, the crowd was ready for a revolution.

And revolution is just what Paul is asking for.

But before he took the stage, his supporters took to the sidewalks. The first people in line were 17-year-old high schoolers, who said, even though they can’t vote, they want to be a part of change.

“I guess if we can raise awareness in like any way, then we might as well do it. Rather than just like sitting back and not doing anything, why not do it?” said Noah King, 17.

The people who continued to pile up were as diverse as possible, from 4-year-old children to the elderly, people came not only from the local area, but there were plenty of groups who made the drive up from Salt Lake City, as well.

As the crowd filled the auditorium, people were chanting “End the Fed” and gave Paul a standing ovation for saying America needs to defend its sovereignty and give control back to local governments and families.

When Paul talked foreign policy, saying that America needs to go back to a position of national defense instead of global militarization, the crowd went crazy again.

Maybe the things that hit closest to home were Paul’s comments on getting the country out of debt. He said that America has gotten away from defending hard work and savings and that it needs to remove regulations so that the country can bring companies back home and start producing again.

“I want to preserve what we had. And I really think we’re losing all of our constitutional ideas and I don’t see us preserving that special document without putting people in that would uphold that,” said Rebecca Bohman.

Bohman also brought her young children to the rally with her. She said she brought them so they could feel inspired by Paul’s message, too.