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US Election: Trump Postpones North Carolina Rally Due To Wind

The Trump campaign postponed a rally scheduled to take place in North Carolina on Thursday evening, citing weather conditions.

“Because of a wind advisory issued with gusts reaching 50 miles per hour and other weather conditions, the outdoor Fayetteville, NC rally has been postponed until Monday,” Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh said in a statement.

The president was slated to rally supporters in Fayetteville. But the area was under a wind advisory and other parts of the state were under a tropical storm warning, according to local reports, as the remnants of Hurricane Zeta made its way up the coast.

The Fayetteville rally would have been Trump’s third appearance in North Carolina in recent weeks, highlighting the importance of the state to his re-election prospects. Trump won North Carolina and its 15 electoral votes by 3 percentage points in 2016, but polls heading into next week show him narrowly trailing Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the state.

Trump’s last event in North Carolina came one week ago in Gaston. The Gaston County Department of Health & Human Services announced Thursday that two individuals who attended the rally have since tested positive for COVID-19.

Ify Davies

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