Trump pulls out of NRA 'Defend the Second Amendment' event in Georgia
Donald Trump was scheduled to deliver a “special guest” keynote speech at a “Defend the Second Amendment” event hosted by the National Rifle Association (NRA) in Savannah, Georgia next week, but has pulled out.
“NRA members and gun owners will gather in support of Second Amendment rights, and attendees will hear from NRA leaders and gun rights champions about what the outcome of the November elections means for Constitutional freedoms,” a press release noted, the Savannah Morning News reported last week. The paper now reports the “cancellation is due to a campaign scheduling conflict.”
The cancellation comes after a difficult town hall in Miami, hosted by Univision, featuring undecided Latino voters. It also comes after the first two days of early voting in Georgia broke records. More than half-a-million people have cast their ballots already, which the Secretary of State’s Office described as “massive numbers.”
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Trump on Thursday canceled an NBC News interview slated for next week. He also canceled a CBS News “60 Minutes” interview, and an interview with a pro-Trump CNBC host this week. Trump has refused to participate in any more debates with his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, after only one, last month.
According to FiveThirtyEight‘s polling average, Trump is beating Harris by 1.8 percentage points in Georgia, but Harris has the lead nationally by a slim 2.4 points.
“By Trump’s own admission, Georgia has become a must-win state, one he thought he had locked up until Kamala Harris became his Democratic rival in July,” Reuters reported last week.
