During the only presidential debate in September, Harris said: “I invite you to attend one of Donald Trump’s rallies. …The only thing you won't hear him talk about is you. You won’t hear him talk about your needs, your dreams, and your desires.”

Hanley, a lifelong registered self-employed person, took her seriously.

“Most of my family is very Republican, all pro-Trump, and I want to be able to tell them that I actually saw both sides and made my decision based on all the information I could absorb, not just a one-sided view. And I still stand by Kamala,” she said.

The couple said that despite “appropriate clothing,” the rally felt “quiet” and there was little interaction among participants. Hanley said she was wearing “a red t-shirt” and some “red, white and blue things because she was going into enemy territory.”

“When we first walked in, there were a lot of people there, and it actually made us nervous because we were like, 'Oh my God, all these people are here because of him,'” Hanley noted, noting that Trump was late to the event rally and many supporters had already left when he began his speech.

“But seeing the exodus that we saw on TV and that we now know as fact gave me a little hope that a lot of people were there for the same reason we were, to see it for themselves. ” she said.