Trump Campaign: Minneapolis Mayor Trying to Block Trump Rally
“This is an outrageous abuse of power by a liberal mayor trying to
deny the rights of his own city’s residents just because he hates the
President,” Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said in a statement
sent to reporters.
The Trump campaign revealed that Frey was trying to tack on a
$530,000 security fee and other costs to the Target Center for the
scheduled event on Thursday. The Target Center’s management, AEG
Management TWN, tried to pass on the fees to the Trump campaign,
threatening to block them from using the arena if they did not pay.
But the campaign threatened to sue the Target Center for a breach in
contract, noting that Secret Service was in charge of security.
“This last-minute squeeze seems to be nothing but a pretextual
political effort with serious First Amendment ramifications,” a letter
read from the Trump campaign’s lawyer to the Target Center’s management
firm.
Frey protested the news that Trump was planning to rally in Minneapolis.
“While there is no legal mechanism to prevent the president from
visiting, his message of hatred will never be welcome in Minneapolis,”
Frey said in a statement in September.
The campaign noted that the Target Center arena’s sudden security fees were extraordinarily high.
His assistants look bored today, make them work..
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Mayor Jacob Frey
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