Posted on 10/08/2019 7:50:52 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - President Donald Trump's campaign is threatening to sue the city of Minneapolis over costs related to Thursday’s rally at Target Center.
According to the Trump campaign, Minneapolis planned to charge AEG, the company that runs Target Center, $530,000 for security and other costs related to the rally. Target Center then tried pass those costs on to the Trump campaign by threatening to withhold the use of the arena.
The campaign says the U.S. Secret Service is solely responsible for coordinating security and accuses Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey of "attempting to extort" the campaign by creating a phony bill for security in an effort to block the rally.
In a release, the Trump campaign says the $530,000 is a ridiculous amount; 26 times higher than security costs for one of former President Barack Obama’s rallies at Target Center in 2009.
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26 times!! Costs have gone up in 10 years, but not that much.
Hold the rally in the streets, with President Trump using a bullhorn. Dare the Liberals to send the cops.
So Obama was charged ~$20,000? At $60 / hour for overtime, that’s 333 hours. Assuming a 6 hour event, that’s 55 cops. So Trump’s event requires 26 times that, or around 1430? Complete BS, I doubt the Minneapolis PD can staff that many.
Why? They signed a contract.
Do you want The President to come back alive? I pray for his safety. Draining the swamp is dangerous work.
The plain fact is that the Minneapolis state officials do not welcome or want Prez Trump and the ‘deplorables’ in their state. IMO
That would be correct.
The Trump Campaign should not pay a penny to the City of Minneapolis and the Trump Campaign should send a bill to the city for the President’s appearance in their city.
Think of the economic benefit the city is getting from hotels, restaurants, parking, etc. Millions.
Think of the economic loss as the city will have to clean up the trash left behind by the leftist mob outside of the venue.
Don’t need to sue them. It’s a crime. Charge them.
Section 242 of Title 18 makes it a crime for a person acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.
https://www.justice.gov/crt/deprivation-rights-under-color-law
The city billed the Target Center. Target Center passed it on to Trump.
Charging enormous sums of money for security or cancelling events due to security risks is the DEMOCRAT WAY. This policy is done on college campuses and other venues to prevent the CONSERVATIVE MESSAGE from being heard.
Yes, but BHO didn’t have to worry about hordes of thugs attacking his meetings.
Because deplorable are polite and follow the law.
Just use the military. Can put the whole town on lockdown.
Minneapolis Mayor caught in a Quid Pro Quo, “Pay me extortion or no arena for you!” No News at 11 on CNN (surely).
Your so right, that’s why I a “deplorable” move out of the people’s republic of minnesota.
That’s been my taught today.
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