SAVANNAH ― The National Rifle Association on Thursday canceled an Oct. 22 rally featuring Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump scheduled for the Savannah Convention Center.
The former president was to deliver the keynote speech at what the NRA titled a “Defend the 2nd” event, a reference to the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution that protects the right of Americans to own firearms. A Trump campaign official said the event was canceled due to a scheduling conflict.
A post on the NRA’s website also cited a campaign scheduling issue.
“The NRA is committed to ensuring Donald Trump wins in November and returns to the White House,” the organization wrote.
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According to the Trump campaign website, the former president is still scheduled to appear in Georgia on Wednesday for a Turning Point Action rally in Gwinnett County.
Trump has frequented Georgia in recent weeks as the Nov. 5 general election nears. Georgia is among a handful of states where polls show Trump and his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, running neck and neck.
Trump appeared at a town hall Tuesday in Forsyth County and campaigned alongside Gov. Brian Kemp in the Augusta area two weeks ago. He held a campaign messaging event at the Savannah Civic Center on Sept. 24, delivering an 82-minute speech before a capacity crowd in the venue’s performing arts hall.
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The cancellation came just hours before Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, campaigned for the vice president at the Savannah Cultural Arts Center. Savannah is one of the few Democratic voting strongholds on the coast, and Harris has visited twice this year: the first in February as part of a “Reproductive Freedoms” tour and again in August when she held a presidential campaign rally at Enmarket Arena.
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