The Trump Bowl: Republican Front-Runner Packs 'Em In For Friday Night Rally
LAREDO, TEXAS - JULY 23: Republican Presidential candidate and business mogul Donald Trump exits his plane during his trip to the border on July 23, 2015 in Laredo, Texas. Trump's recent comments, calling some immigrants from Mexico as drug traffickers and rapists, have stirred up reactions on both sides of the aisle. Although fellow Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has denounced Trump's comments and his campaign in general, U.S. Senator from Texas Ted-Cruz has so far refused to bash his fellow Republican nominee. (Photo by Matthew Busch/Getty Images)
Photographer: Matthew BuschDonald Trump's juggernaut: Meet Friday night lights.
A candidate who loves the shock and awe approach to campaigning ratcheted it up a notch Friday as the Republican presidential front-runner rolled into a 40,000-seat college football stadium in Mobile, Alabama for what promised to be the largest rally of the 2016 campaign so far. The home of the University of South Alabama Jaguars wasn't quite full by the time Trump started speaking, but that didn't stop him from comparing himself to an evangelist.