Trump unlikely to host campaign rallies this weekend
By Brett Samuels - 10/09/20 03:26 PM EDT
President Trump is not expected to hold campaign rallies until at least Monday, an official familiar with the plans said Friday, despite the president floating the possibility of venturing out this weekend.
Multiple news outlets, including Fox News, Bloomberg and Reuters, reported that Trump was not planning to hit the campaign trail over the weekend. The president is still just eight days removed from his first positive test for COVID-19.
Trump himself had said he was considering getting out of the White House as early as Saturday to gather with supporters.
"I think I'm going to try doing a rally on Saturday night if we have enough time to put it together," Trump told Sean Hannity in a Fox News interview Thursday night.
The president said he was eyeing holding a campaign event on Saturday in Florida and another in Pennsylvania on Sunday. Both are critical swing states that Trump won in 2016, and polls show him trailing narrowly in Florida and more substantially in Pennsylvania.
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