Sunday, 21 June_US President Donald Trump has cancelled a planned address to supporters outside the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma in face of reports that attendance would not meet the expectations of his campaign.
The Trump campaign said in a Saturday statement that the American president and Vice President Mike Pence would not give speeches at a separate stage outside the arena as was originally planned.
The Trump campaign in a statement blamed the lighter than expected turnout on the media and anti-racism protesters in the area.
"President Trump is rallying in Tulsa with thousands of energetic supporters, a stark contrast to the sleepy campaign being run by Joe Biden from his basement in Delaware," Trump’s communications director Tim Murtaugh boasted in a statement.
"Sadly, protesters interfered with supporters, even blocking access to the metal detectors, which prevented people from entering the rally,” he further claimed, adding: "Radical protesters, coupled with a relentless onslaught from the media, attempted to frighten off the President’s supporters. We are proud of the thousands who stuck it out."
The campaign had advertised the dual speeches by the two as a special feature of Trump’s first campaign rally in months and a sign of the enthusiasm and turnout they were expecting in Tulsa.
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