Secret Service encourages Trump campaign to stop outdoor rallies

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Washington Post

Secret Service encourages Trump campaign to stop outdoor rallies

Trump campaign is scouting indoor venues, such as basketball arenas and other large spaces where thousands of people can fit, people familiar with the request said.

By Josh Dawsey
July 23, 2024 at 5:53 p.m. EDT

Secret Service officials encouraged Donald Trump’s campaign to stop scheduling large outdoor rallies and other outdoor events with big crowds after the assassination attempt on the former president in Butler, Pa., according to people familiar with the matter.

In the aftermath of the shooting, agents from the Secret Service communicated their concerns about large outdoor rallies going forward to Trump campaign advisers, three people familiar with the matter said. … The people familiar with the matter spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private discussions.

For upcoming events, Trump’s team is scouting indoor venues, such as basketball arenas and other large spaces where thousands of people can fit, people familiar with the request said. The campaign is not currently planning any large outdoor events, a person close to Trump said.

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In early 2024, Trump advisers told the Secret Service they were planning to do large events regularly, and would need increasing amounts of protection and assets, a person familiar with the conversation said. But the two sides often battled over resources — with requests from Trump’s detail being rejected by the Secret Service.

By Josh Dawsey
Josh Dawsey is a political enterprise and investigations reporter for The Washington Post. He joined the paper in 2017 and previously covered the White House. Before that, he covered the White House for Politico, and New York City Hall and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for the Wall Street Journal. Twitter https://x.com/jdawsey1

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/23/trump-rallies-secret-service-change/

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Hat tip, Joe.My.God.

Secret Service Urges Trump To End Outdoor Rallies
July 23, 2024

https://www.joemygod.com/2024/07/secret-service-urges-trump-to-end-outdoor-rallies/

[PortTack]

1. He refuses to pay for indoor rallies...he wants cheap or free outdoor venues

[riversedge]

9. Maybe being shot at will change Trumps mind?? As far as paying for it, if it were

my town, I would demand the money upfront!

[iluvtennis]

21. No way, he just did an outdoor rally this past weekend. n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

30. My very first thought, too!

He survived the recent shooting, doesn't care about anyone else...

[2naSalit]

2. They should simply announce...

That they won't provide security for them anymore, period. Take that item off the menu, if they want protection, it has to be possible.

[agalisgv]

18. Yes.

Exactly. We are the ones who intimately pay, as tax payers.

[ms liberty]

3. They probably tried before privately to him, but he likes the cheap venues too much.

[Attilatheblond]

32. How long before he says: OK, indoor rallies only, but Secret Service pays for the venues

He's all about the 'reimbursement'. Thinks DEMs should reimburse GOP/Trump for all the anti-Biden junk they had made.

Con men don't pay is probably the Trump family motto

[Joe Cool]

4. They encouraged him BEFORE the shooting

Trump doesn’t like indoor rallies because there is no BSing crowd size.
If an indoor arena holds 10,000, that’s it. There’s no saying 20,000 were in attendance, it’s not possible.
I believe the max capacity at the Butler Farm Grounds (which I believe is due to fire/safety regulations) for all of the grounds is 15,000. Trump got about 7k the day of the shooting. He can say he got 10,000, 12,000, whatever, because there there was no true way to take accurate attendance. 5900 went through security to get into the venue area at the time of the start of the speech, but there were a few hundred milling around outside of it.

[Ocelot II]

5. Outdoor venues are cheaper and it's easier to lie about attendance numbers.

So unless he was sufficiently frightened by getting the tip of his ear sliced off (like TNR tomcats), he'll ignore that advice and just insist on more SS and other LEO personnel.

[Phoenix61]

6. They left off "Again".

He picked outdoor venues because they are cheaper. He still owes a bunch of money to venues he used years ago. I’m sure any he would want to book now would want to be paid upfront and in-full.

[Think. Again.]

7. Yeah, if rightwingers are going to keep taking shots at him...

...he should probably drop out of the race.

[dweller]

8. Probably for the best all around

He pollutes the air , and wastes oxygen anyway


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[MrWowWow]

10. Most Fascists (including trump) Prefer Outdoor Rallies

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[GreenWave]

14. Welcome!

[The Grand Illuminist]

11. Why bother?

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[keithbvadu2]

12. Cash up front, Donald.

Think of all those poor lawyers who might not get paid.

[Novara]

13. He can't pay for indoor venues and many of them are asking for cash up front.

Nobody wants to be on the hook when he stiffs them.

Plus, all those photos of all those empty seats kind of look bad. Heh.

[DENVERPOPS]

27. He has left a massive number

of cities holding the bag for the costs to rent a facility, staff cops, etc in countless cities across the entire U.S. for the past 8 years.

There are other groups that do the EXACT same thing, (Catholic Church - Araphoe County Colorado - 1994), but Trump is the #1 champion in the grifting business......and by far the #1 Con Man...........

Besides, he thinks nothing of his followers having to stand out in the hot sun, without shade or cooling, for hours and hours........

[GreenWave]

15. Outdoor will refresh the air.

[twodogsbarking]

16. Not to worry, everything will be fine.

[agalisgv]

17. Trump is too selfish

And his fragile ego needs constant applause.

I don't see him caring for anyone but himself.

[Warpy]

19. They really know how to hurt a guy

He's skipped out on paying too many indoor venues. Either he's going to have to start coughing up big sums in advance or he's going to have to see how his rlallies for hate will do as pay per view events.

I hope all his unpaid bills start catching up to him.

[3Hotdogs]

20. FUCK, NO !! Here's a guy to took a bullet for democracy. And we want him now, to stay inside?

[DJ Porkchop]

22. Can't pay. Can't keep his own sickos from shooting him. Probably should drop out. Or get used to this:

[ZonkerHarris]

23. and pay rent? Never!!!! Now venues will get stiffed instead. Because the Secret Service sucks at their jobs.

[SomedayKindaLove]

24. They can turn off the AC

And pretend it’s an outdoor event.

[Martin68]

25. Oh Trump is going to love that! Perfect solution.

[IronLionZion]

26. Those indoor venues should demand payment up front

He might easily decide not to pay them

[summer_in_TX]

28. Looks like Trump should've encouraged the Secret Service to spend their budget money on training

and recruitment, rather than trying to profiteer off of them by insisting on staying at properties he owned and charging the government highly inflated prices for their accommodations.

I love it when karma catches up.

[usonian]

29. He would be completely safe ...

IN PRISON WHERE HE BELONGS

[MistakenLamb]

31. They won't though

Indoor arenas require much more money to rent and insure compared to some place like a field or airport hanger

[BlueKota]

33. He could always just stay home

and post angry misspelled words on his social media accounts, with a monitor strapped to his ankle.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

34. If Trump hadn't stiffed every indoor venue in the country

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