Donald Trump actually has a live elephant at a campaign rally

An elephant walks around before a Donald Trump rally in Sarasota, Florida
(Image credit: Sopan Deb/CBS News/Twitter)

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump is speaking not once, but twice in Sarasota, Florida, on Saturday to accommodate the 14,000 people who want to see him, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports.

But he isn't the only star there:

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.