President Trump has canceled his planned trip tomorrow to the Georgia vs. Alabama college football game in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, due to Hurricane Isaias in the Gulf of America.
Trump told reporters earlier this week, “I love Alabama. I got to go to a game.”
But “if there’s an emergency or there’s a hurricane, I don’t want to do anything to take the focus of all of the great people that work on those things,” he said, suggesting he might cancel his plans.
“I haven’t heard about a hurricane. A hurricane is going in the vicinity of Alabama? That’s not good. Certainly, I’m going to let the hurricane determine. I want people to be safe. That’s all.”
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The storm is expected to make landfall near the Florida panhandle Friday night and make its way toward the Carolinas.
Several college football games were altered because of the storm, with six changing their kickoff times and one being canceled entirely.
ESPN’s “College GameDay” announced it would be broadcasting indoors at the Tuscaloosa campus because of the storm.
The Bulldogs are the second-ranked team in the nation, while Alabama is sixth – both squads are undefeated.
Trump said on Friday that he wants first responders to be focused on the storm and “in no way be thinking about the safety, or presence, of the President of the United States, ME!”
“Therefore, I will miss that potentially unbelievable Game, Alabama vs. Georgia but, hopefully, the Game will go on despite the weather!” he said, adding that he will visit both teams “at a later date” and will hold a rally for Republicans in Tennessee in the near future.
Full statement below:
Based on the fact that a huge Hurricane/Storm is coming, it is important to have our wonderful First Responders, Law Enforcement, and others, focused on that Storm, and in no way be thinking about the safety, or presence, of the President of the United States, ME! Therefore, I will miss that potentially unbelievable Game, Alabama vs. Georgia but, hopefully, the Game will go on despite the weather!
I will be visiting both of those Teams at a later date. Instead, I will go to Tennessee, where we have quickly called a Big Rally in order to get our fantastic Congressional Candidates, our Great Senator, Bill Hagerty, and a woman who will go down as one of the most impactful Governors in the State’s History, Marsha Blackburn, elected! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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