Trump during the 4th rally in Alabama was canceled by concerned local officials

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Former President Donald Trump has canceled plans to host a rally in Mobile, which Alabama marks the Fourth of July after town officials denied a rally permit because of concerns about it becoming a political event.

Local NBC affiliate WPMI reported Tuesday that commissioners of the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park denied the permit under a long -standing ban on political events at the park that began in 2012.

Mr. Trump, who left the White House in January, has continued to push conspiracy theories about his election defeat and claimed he actually won the election in the months since his term ended. At private events, he even pushed the idea of ​​getting him back as president, according to The New York Times.

Commissioners told WPMI the park stopped hosting political rallies after former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum hosted a presidential campaign rally at the site in 2012.

The local Republican Party, they added, indicated that the event was more focused on Mr. Trumps political interests than the Independence Day celebration.

After making the request, then there was contact with the Republican Party, they contacted us and then it became clear that it was going to be a partisan political event, rather than just a patriotic event planned for that night, he said. chairman Bill Tunnell at the news station

A spokesman for the local GOP organization told NBC 15 that the party was disappointed with the park commissions decision.

The park is owned by the state of Alabama and governed by an eighteen-member board known as the USS Alabama Battleship Commission, appointed by the state governor, a Republican. The park opened in 1965 as the permanent home of the USS Alabama, a decommissioned warship.

As Covid-19 nationwide restrictions began to end, Mr. Trump returned to his rally circuit, hosting smaller events for his diehard fans in various states. as he appreciates the conspiracies about his election defeat and hints at the possibility of running in 2024.

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