For 18 months, students at Penn State have been organizing in support of candidates in the 2016 presidential election. For the Bull-Moose Party, who supported Donald Trump, this election was a referendum on the future of America.
Over the course of the fall semester, the Bull-Moose Party spent long hours meeting, planning and organizing on campus with virtually no support from the Republican Party, including the Penn State College Republicans. “We are judged not by what we will become, but by what we do,” said Dimitri Loutsik, former chairman of the Penn State Bull-Moose Party.
Bull-Moose Party chairman Robert Morss embraces communications director Chris Baker in Tyrone, PA on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. At 1:30 a.m., members rejoiced as Donald Trump won their state of Pennsylvania, the first time a Republican has carried the state in 28 years. / Photo by Junior Gonzalez
Bull-Moose Party students hang around at the end of their first meeting after the 2016 U.S. presidential election on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. / Photo by Junior Gonzalez
Members of the Penn State Bull-Moose Party take up parts of what became a hexagonal wall around the American Flag at Old Main lawn in University Park, PA on Tuesday, November 1, 2016. The group received funding for the wall from the Donald Trump campaign and spent over five hours demonstrating. / Photo by Junior Gonzalez
Dylan Humenik holds up a 39-star American flag during the Bull-Moose Party's "Build the Wall" demonstration at Penn State's Old Main Lawn. The event attracted hundreds of students and counter protests from Clinton supporters over the five-hour demonstration. / Photo by Junior Gonzalez
Bull-Moose Party communications director Chris Baker photographs Eric Trump, center, during his visit to the Centre County GOP Victory office in downtown State College, PA on Monday, November 7, 2016. The son of now President-elect Donald Trump visited the area the day before the U.S. presidential election. "We're going to win tomorrow and take back this country," he said to cheers. / Photo by Junior Gonzalez
Kay Manges of Danville, PA speaks to a member of the Bull-Moose Party while they host an information table in downtown State College, PA on Saturday, November 5, 2016. Manges said that although she would vote for Donald Trump, she will do so with a "pinched nose." / Photo by Junior Gonzalez
Bull-Moose Party communications director Chris Baker and member Vincent Cucchiara recuperate at the Centre County GOP Victory office in downtown State College, PA on Saturday, November 5, 2016. The two, along with four other members, spent the day tabling in a busy intersection downtown in the final weekend before the 2016 presidential election. / Photo by Junior Gonzalez
Trump supporters gather at Bull-Moose Party Chairman Robert Morss' home in Tyrone, PA on Election Day. At Morss' election watch party, many wore Trump apparel including "Make America Great Again" hats and graphic t-shirts. / Photo by Junior Gonzalez
Members of the Penn State Bull-Moose Party pray as they await the results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The group prayed several times over the course of the night, as the results slowly came in for their candidate, now President-elect Donald Trump. / Photo by Junior Gonzalez
A member of the Penn State Bull-Moose Party watches election results on Fox News late into an election night watch party in Tyrone, PA. Only a handful of members stayed up past 2 a.m. to watch Donald Trump surpass 270 electoral votes to win the U.S. presidential election. / Photo by Junior Gonzalez
Bull-Moose Party communications director Chris Baker, left, chairman Robert Morss and supporter Zach Alden-Brown watch in jubilation in Tyone, PA as television networks call the presidency for Donald Trump in the 2016 general election early on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. / Photo by Junior Gonzalez
Members of the Bull-Moose Party celebrate as they watch election returns coming in favor of Donald Trump. Members decided as a group to have a private viewing party away from campus. / Photo by Junior Gonzalez
Penn State Bull-Moose Party chairman Robert Morss assists a member steady his aim during a shooting trip at Taylor's Gun Range in Altoona, PA on Saturday, December 3, 2016. Morss, a former U.S. Army Ranger, stresses gun rights and gun safety to members, and plans future trips. / Photo by Junior Gonzalez
Bull-Moose Party chairman Robert Morss prays before dining at Penn State's student-run restaurant Cafe Laura in University Park, PA on Wednesday, November 16, 2016. Morss is a devout Christian and has said that at his bedside, he has a gun, a bible, a copy of the U.S. constitution and his "Make America Great Again" hat. / Photo by Junior Gonzalez
