Hoping for a truck-led convoy, dozens of people stood along Interstate 10 in Tucson, waving flags and wearing pro-Trump gear. But, while the highway was clean clear to Flag Town, the convoy that showed up in Tucson didn't have a thousand screaming trucks, but rather just a few semi-tractor trailers, pickup trucks, and one lone RV picking up the rear.
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