Donald Trump’s rally in Alabama canceled over ‘political partisan’ concerns

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An event planned for the weekend featuring former President Donald Trump was canceled for fear it would turn into a partisan rally.

Bill Tunnell, chairman of the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park commission, told an Alabama TV station that the patriotic event set for Saturday turned into a partisan political event instead.

After the request was made, 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, Mr. Tunnell told Mobile NBC affiliate WPMI.

Mr. Tunnell said the panel sought an opinion from the state attorney general’s office in late May, but could not confirm the time.

Due to the proximity of the proposed event date, my Opinions Division will not be able to respond in a timely manner to an official position, Attorney General Steve Marshall wrote in a letter posted by WPMI.

However, the attorney general warned, the law in the case said the parks could be used for political events if access was “available for all political parties and candidates on an equal basis.”

The park was used for a 2012 Republican presidential-primary rally by candidate Rick Santorum, but, according to Mr. Tunnell, after that the commission went into nonpartisan politics open to the public.

A local Tea Party activist Pete Riehm smelled a rat.

I’m honest, I feel like some people didn’t like it, not just this but President Trump, said Mr. Riehm, who WPMI said was familiar with the behind -the -scenes discussion of the event.

If people cannot gather in public places. Where can we gather? he said.

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