Trump To Hold Friday Rally In The WoodLands
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will hold rallies at a Woodlands hotel and a Dallas nightspot when he returns to the Lone Star State this week for a series of private fundraisers, his campaign has announced.
At 7 p.m. on Friday, Trump is scheduled to attend public rally at The Woodlands Marriott Hotel and Convention Center after he concludes a private fundraiser at the River Oaks home of prominent attorney Tony Buzbee.
On Thursday, Trump has scheduled a 7 p.m. rally at Gillley's Southside Ballroom in Dallas that will pair with a previously scheduled private fundraiser the same day at the Highland Park home of investor Ray Washburne, who is Trump's national finance director.
The visits will be Trump's first since he appears to have cinched the GOP presidential nomination to face Democrat Hillary Clinton in the November general election.
A statement by Trump's campaign on Wednesday indicated that security at both public events will be tight, as it has been at previous appearances since protesters have been showing up en masse at events in other states to disrupt Trump's speeches over his statements about immigration and other issues.
Anti-Trump protests already are had been announced in Dallas and Houston, outside of where the private fundraisers were to be held.
"Please limit personal items and arrive early to expedite entrance into the venue - please note, NO homemade signs, banners, professional cameras with a detachable lens, tripods, monopods, selfie sticks, back packs or large bags will be permitted into the venue," the campaign announcementstates.
Trump campaign officials offered no additional details on either public event.
While in Texas, Trump also is slated to appear at a private fundraiser on Friday in San Antonio, the same day the state convention of Texas Democrats will begin at the Alamodome. On Saturday, he is to fly to rallies in Las Vegas and Phoenix.
Wednesday's announcements of the two rallies came within hours after various Texas media outlets in Austin and Dallas had reported that Trump had scrubbed plans for a public events while in Texas because he had been unable to find venues, an unusual twist for the presumptive GOP nominee in one of the most-Republican states in America.
Officials at large-capacity civic centers in Fort Worth, Irving and Garland said they were unable to accommodate Trump because they would not adequately plan security and logistics for the crowds his visit was expected to attract, with just 48 hours' notice.
Convention center officials in Houston and surrounding cities said Wednesday they had not been contacted or did not have availability to accommodate a Trump rally without additional planning time that would be needed.
Venues for this week's two public rallies have a much smaller crowd capacity than the location of his last visit in February, which drew more than 10,000 people to the Fort Worth Convention Center.The Woodlands center says on its website that it can seat about 5,000, and Gilleys said its capacity is about 3,800.
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