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By Nathaniel Dove<\/strong><\/p>\n

OGDENSBURG, N.Y. – It was a surprise victory. Most Republicans in the small town of Canton, N.Y. did not expect Donald Trump to become the president-elect of the United States. In fact, Republican Tim Knapp, 21 and President of the Potsdam College Republicans, didn\u2019t become optimistic until Trump won Ohio. He wanted to, and expected to, retain Congress, but to win the presidency came as a surprise.<\/p>\n

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Thomas L. Jenison, chair of the St. Lawrence County Republic Committee [Photo \u00a9 Marc-Andr\u00e9 Cossette]<\/figcaption><\/figure>Earlier in the day, the chairperson of the Republican Party in St. Lawrence County, Thomas Jenison, was looking to the future of his political movement.<\/p>\n

And unless he wins, that future is not Donald Trump, said Jenison.<\/p>\n

That future now seems very different than it did 24 hours ago. Donald Trump has beaten Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential Election and in doing so squashed any ideas of party fragmentation or disunity. \u201cTrump will have lasting influence whether or not he is elected president,\u201d Jenison said in an interview earlier in the day. In Jenison\u2019s view, Trump had struck a chord, especially among many who haven\u2019t voted before or in recent years.<\/p>\n

Jenison made it clear that he was only supporting Trump out of party loyalty. \u201cDo I support Trump? I support the Republican Party candidate, and that happens to be Trump,\u201d Jenison said. He used to be a supporter of John\u00a0Kasich, but since Trump won 55 per cent of the New York vote Jenison had to sign a paper saying that he would support Trump.<\/p>\n

Jenison was so loyal that he seemed able to shake off many of the controversies facing Trump. On the sexual harassment allegations against Trump, Jenison quickly points to Bill Clinton, saying that the former president is not \u201csqueaky clean\u201d either, that neither candidate has a perfect past.<\/p>\n

On immigration Jenison said he does not believe in a wall, stating that the proposed wall between the United States and Mexico \u201cto me is a no-brainer that it\u2019s not going to [address] the issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

On banning Muslim immigration, Jenison agrees, in part, with Trump.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s probably right, to a certain level. The amount of immigrants that are coming in undocumented, unvetted, for a better word, is not to the level where we feel, a lot of people feel, it\u2019s safe. You can really empathize with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet he doesn\u2019t believe that Trump would ban all Muslims from entering the country anyway. \u201cNo politicians are 100 per cent. No one ever gets elected and goes back and says \u2018Oh, I said that and I\u2019ve got to do this.\u2019 It doesn\u2019t work that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jenison\u2019s best defence of Trump is that he is not Clinton. \u201cYou\u2019ve got a real bad choice, then you have the next level up,\u201d Jenison said. \u201cThe bad choice is Hillary.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t take a brain surgeon to realize that she has some issues behind her that still haven\u2019t come out yet. I think most of Trump\u2019s have come out.\u201d<\/p>\n

In this election then, according to Jenison, \u201cyou\u2019re probably voting for the one which is the best of the worst.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump, then, was the best of a bad lot for Jenison. But as for the future of the Republican Party, Jenison foresaw someone other than Trump in the leadership role: the current Republican House leader, Paul Ryan.<\/p>\n

But now? He seems elated with the victory. \u201cWe have a new president, his name is Donald Trump. And it\u2019s an amazing victory\u2026 so yes, I\u2019m excited.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for what Trump means for the Republican Party, Vice-Chairmen of the St. Lawrence County Republican Party Fred Bean said he believes that Trump is going to change the party \u201cback to where it should be,\u201d back to the values that he believes it originally embodied, without the liberalism. And he sees Trump\u2019s being a political outsider as a benefit. \u201cWe needed a businessman to run the country because, quite frankly, the country is a big business,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bean also said that he is hoping for new blood in the G.O.P. \u201cI\u2019m hoping that all those politicians will run and leave and not be there anymore. And hopefully we can have a new influx of people, of younger people who want to change the country because I don\u2019t like the direction the country is heading. And I don\u2019t like the liberalism. We used to have moral values and we need to bring that back and I\u2019m hoping Mr. Trump will do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

As to how Trump will inspire change, Bean said he thinks that Trump\u2019s apathy and wealth provide him with an advantage. \u201cI think it\u2019s because he doesn\u2019t care. I mean, he doesn\u2019t care what he says\u2026 he\u2019s rich enough that he doesn\u2019t need it. He really doesn\u2019t need to be president of the United States, he really doesn\u2019t need the headaches. But I believe he believes in America.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bean said he\u2019s so fed up with the direction in which the country is going that he hopes Trump takes chances, even if those chances fail. \u201cTrump is not part of the system and sometimes that\u2019s what you need to make a drastic change and that\u2019s what this country needs; a drastic change\u2026 Trump is not part of the system and sometimes that\u2019s what you need to make a drastic change and that\u2019s what this country needs; a drastic change.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is this drastic change that the Republican Party will now have to rally around. Gone are the discussions of Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan as a potential leader for the future GOP. Now it is Trump, president-elect.<\/p>\n

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Thomas L. Jenison, chair of the St. Lawrence County Republic Committee [Photo \u00a9 Marc-Andr\u00e9 Cossette]<\/p>\n

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