Trump Plans To Hold Rally At Florida Early Voting Site

TAMPA, FL - OCTOBER 24: Mark Lufriu shows his support for President Donald Trump during the Trump voter rally held at the Raymond James voting polling site on October 24, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. Trump supporters gath... TAMPA, FL - OCTOBER 24: Mark Lufriu shows his support for President Donald Trump during the Trump voter rally held at the Raymond James voting polling site on October 24, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. Trump supporters gather in Tampa to for a unified get out to vote rally. (Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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The President is planning on big-footing an early voting site in Florida on Thursday, holding a rally at the same location and potentially causing traffic delays, election officials said.

The rally, in the north parking lot of Raymond James Stadium, will not violate the 150-foot barrier established by Florida law prohibiting politicking near a polling site. 

Therefore, the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections can’t stop it, spokesperson Gerri Kramer said in a statement Wednesday

“This event could cause traffic delays,” Kramer added, before reminding voters of other early voting sites open around the county. 

The stadium itself has been open to early voters since last week

The stadium’s polling site will open at 7 a.m. Thursday. The doors of the Trump rally, just a few hundred feet away, will open at 10:30. The event, featuring a speech from the President, is scheduled to begin three hours later, according to the campaign’s website.

The Trump campaign did not return a request for comment. 

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  1. Hmmm, sounds like a lot of fun.

  2. The rally, in the north parking lot of Raymond James Stadium, will not violate the 150-foot barrier established by Florida law prohibiting politicking near a polling site.

    Well, that’s all right then.

  3. Sometime the local officials are going to have to put their big boy pants on and say “No!”. The President/campaign is being a fuckwad, and the rest of the county’s residents shouldn’t have to have their voting rights delayed, deterred, of deferred by his actions. It’s fucking Tampa forchristssake, they don’t have another air field or unused football practice field the President can use?

  4. Mutha…mutha…Mutha fucker.

    Every day a new piece of dishonorable BS

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