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Sarah Burris

Lawmaker urges cops to ditch Trump rally

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on April 9, 2022, in Selma, North Carolina. Allison Joyce/Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to hold a campaign rally in Memphis, but the city police don't want anything to do with it.

According to Action News 5, Trump's past events that required local security resulted in hefty bills for the Trump campaign. Trump still owes El Paso $570,000 for a 2019 rally. The Republican Party wanted to move the 2020 convention to Jacksonville, Florida, during the pandemic, but that got canceled when security couldn't work with half of the budget cops were promised.

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