Donald Trump’s been really trying to reignite his relevance through his “revenge tour” of rallies now that he’s seemingly gotten over the depressive stage of his embarrassing election loss, starting with his first “big” comeback even (that wasn’t actually all that impressive at all) last weekend in Ohio.
But now it seems that Donnie may already be struggling to keep the momentum going as his events are reportedly getting canceled already.
According to multiple new reports, one of the ex-president’s events scheduled for this weekend has been canceled due to “partisan political” concerns.
This Saturday, Independence Day eve, Donald Trump apparently had two separate events scheduled for the day, one in the state of Alabama during the afternoon and another big rally scheduled for that night in Florida. However, it seems as though his Saturday schedule opened up a little when the park that was set to host the former guy canceled the event.
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USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park commission chairman Bill Tunnell spoke with NBC News affiliate WMTV today and claimed that the Republican party contacted him with concerns that the event that was supposed to be patriotic would ultimately turn into a “partisan political event.”
“After the request was made, then there was contact with the Republican Party, they contacted us and then it became apparent that it was going to be a partisan political event, rather than just a patriotic event planned for that evening,” Tunnell told the publication.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, a Republican himself, sent out a letter saying that the park is “available for all political parties and candidates on an equal basis,” but added that there simply wasn’t enough time to produce a formal opinion on the matter.
Tunnell went on to add that the park was once used by former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum during his 2012 campaign and that event was the turning point that inspired the commission to stay away from partisan political events.
“Rick Santorum was the… straw that broke the camel’s back. And that’s when the commission went to the no partisan politics open to the public,” Tunnell explained.
Of course, this development has unsurprisingly ruffled some Conservative feathers, with local Tea Party activist Pete Riehm telling WMTV that he believes people just don’t want Trump specifically to be able to speak and he feels that the decision raises a lot of questions about freedom of speech.
“I’ll be honest, I feel some people just didn’t want it, not just it but President Trump,” he stated. “If people can’t assemble in public places, where can we assemble?”
Trump’s office has reportedly not yet responded to The Hill’s request for comment on the cancellation.
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