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http://bigstory.ap.org/article/3cdda4be66f74874adaaa31ba49488e1/latest-trump-says-generals-will-play-their-own-gameWASHINGTON (AP) The Latest on campaign 2016 (all times Eastern Standard Time):
9:25 p.m.
A spokesman for the Chicago Police Department says the agency never recommended that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cancel his campaign rally in the city.
CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi tells The Associated Press that the department never told the Trump campaign there was a security threat at the University of Illinois at Chicago venue. He said the department had sufficient manpower on the scene to handle any situation.
Guglielmi says the university's police department also did not recommend that Trump call off the event. He says the decision was made "independently" by the campaign.
Trump cancelled the rally in Chicago due to what organizers said were safety concerns after protesters packed into the arena where it was to take place.
Trump afterward told MSNBC in a telephone interview that he canceled the event because he didn't "want to see people hurt or worse." He said he thinks he "did the right thing."
Guglielmi says Trump never arrived at the Chicago venue.
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starroute
(12,977 posts)That's useful to know.
Avalux
(35,015 posts)He knew he could use canceling to his advantage. Now he's saying he was so concerned about his supporters and his own safety against the violent protesters, who, by the way, he says should be punished. For protesting.
ladjf
(17,320 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)MelissaB
(16,420 posts)He chose the venue, he lied and said the police dept said to cancel, and that he would spin this saying that he had to cancel because so many bad protesters.
Anybody else see this and can give a better summary?
scscholar
(2,902 posts)and now they're saying they didn't. Are they following Trump's lead?
Rex
(65,616 posts)Why is it the Dem candidates are the only people that know how to debate? So Trump LIED yet again...this is getting boring, how long can the M$M milk this one?
DawgHouse
(4,019 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)moondust
(20,006 posts)Rachel has been saying Chicago Police didn't advise canceling but she hasn't checked with Secret Service. It's possible that Secret Service recommended canceling and Trump is lumping them in with "law enforcement."
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Back to "Nancy Reagan was a tireless warrior against AIDS" I guess