Fears that the coronavirus and the weather would dampen the attendance helped postpone the New Hampshire re-election event.
WASHINGTON — Well before the call was made to postpone President Donald Trump’s Saturday re-election rally in New Hampshire, the warning lights were flashing red.
The coastal town is not currently expected to be hit directly by the storm, but the decision to reschedule over bad weather is a “convenient excuse” for the Trump 2020 team, one outside adviser told NBC News. After an underwhelming crowd in Tulsa last month that left President Trump “furious,” according to those close to him, the campaign decided not to estimate any kind of rally attendance for the now-canceled Saturday event. Aides also did not boast about any RSVP numbers for this rally after they claimed nearly one million people requested tickets for the Oklahoma event.
Story continuesThunderstorms are in the forecast for much of Friday night, into Saturday afternoon, but torrential rain was largely expected to clear by the time the rally was supposed to start at 8 pm E.T. Still, aides said they rescheduled out of an abundance of caution due to attendees who may come from out of state, and they promised to announce a new date in the coming weeks.
Sununu, a Republican, told reporters Tuesday that he would greet the president on the tarmac, wearing a mask, but would not participate in the rally itself.
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