The former US president had scheduled an appearance as a keynote speaker at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park. However, his address was reduced after park commissioners began to suspect there was a political motive behind it, according to an NBC 15 News report.
Commission Chairman Bill Tunnell told the outlet: “Once the request was made there was contact with the Republican Party, they contacted us and then it became clear that this was going to be a partisan political event. , rather than a simple patriotic event. scheduled for that evening.
The park had previously hosted political events, but the commission’s position on partisan events changed when presidential candidate Rick Santorum held a rally there in 2012.
Mr. Tunnell added: “Rick Santorum was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
“And that’s when the commission looked at non-partisan politics open to the public.”
But this year’s decision to suppress Mr. Trump’s appearance has sparked a debate on Twitter.
One user wrote: “They could move the gathering to the landfill instead. “
Another person added: “Absolutely. Maybe if he paid his previous bill it would be different.
“But no, he’s a con artist and he keeps spreading his lies.”
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