Trump Cancels Saturday Kansas Rally for Sen. Marshall, Plans 20-Plus Virtual Events Instead
Photo: The Daily SignalPresident Donald Trump has canceled a rally planned for Saturday at Salina Regional Airport in Kansas to support Republican Sen. Roger Marshall, days before the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Kansas Republican Party chair Danedri Herbert confirmed the cancellation Thursday, two days after the Republican National Committee announced the location. The event had been set for noon. The White House said Trump will instead hold more than 20 telerallies before Election Day to highlight his accomplishments and reach voters nationwide. Newsweek reported that airport authorities cited scheduling conflicts, while the Daily Mail said the reason was unclear. Trump held an earlier Kansas rally on Oct. 19.
Marshall faces Democrat Adam Hamilton, a Methodist megachurch pastor. A CNN/SSRS poll of likely voters, conducted Oct. 20-26, put Hamilton ahead 49% to 45%, within the margin of error, in a state Trump won by 16 points in 2024.
Left-leaning HuffPost leads with the cancellation, an airport hangar employee's confirmation and the White House statement. It then says public polls suggest Trump's rallies, mostly in Republican areas of Republican-controlled states, are not working, and names Iowa, Mississippi, Ohio, Alaska and Kansas as places where Democrats remain competitive. The right-leaning Daily Mail calls the move sudden and shocking to GOP insiders, cites sources speaking to the Associated Press, and says it is unclear why the event was scrapped. It then turns to Trump's South Carolina trip and a Democratic lead of 8.2 percent. The Daily Signal does not mention the cancellation and covers a raucous Trump rally in Chillicothe, Ohio, with protesters. Both sides report the 20-plus telerallies. Alternative outlets ZeroHedge and Newsweek add poll figures and Fox News's Senate ratings.
How the sides differ Left sources tie the cancellation to polls showing Democrats competitive in Republican states; right sources call it sudden, say the reason is unclear, and one outlet covers a different Trump rally.
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HuffPost leads with the cancellation, an airport employee's confirmation and the White House statement. It adds polls suggesting Trump's rallies are not helping, with Democrats competitive in several Republican states.
ZeroHedge and Newsweek pair the cancellation with Marshall's polling deficit, citing the CNN poll, Fox's Senate ratings and, from Newsweek, an airport statement about scheduling conflicts. ZeroHedge frames it as a worrying sign for Republicans.
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The Daily Mail calls the cancellation sudden and shocking to GOP insiders, says the reason is unclear, and cites sources speaking to the AP. The Daily Signal covers a different Trump rally, in Ohio, with protesters.