My Approach to Photographing a Trump Rally at Madison Square Garden

And Why I Got Heat For It

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I posted my photos from the Trump MSG rally to my Instagram account last Monday, and things got fiery. I expect a hefty amount of people to unfollow me after every election-based post, because I get it — not everyone wants to see politics in their entertainment feed. What I didn’t anticipate is that all the angry comments came not from Trump supporters but, seemingly, from the Left. Whether it was because I didn’t post a vilifying emoji in the captions or didn’t explicitly state who I am voting for, some people assumed that I photographed the Trump rally as a supporter.