PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Former President Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally Saturday at the Liacouras Center on the campus of Temple University in North Philadelphia.
According to its website, the rally starts at 7 p.m. and doors open at 3 p.m.
Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for the 2024 elections, will “highlight how Biden’s weak presidency is destroying American families” at the meeting.
“In a presidential election year, it is common for political campaigns to host large-scale events on college campuses,” Temple said in part in a statement. “As a public university, Temple has a policy of making suitable spaces available for these events to outside organizations regardless of their political party or position.”
Temple will not cover any costs associated with the event because the Liacouras Center is managed and operated by a third party.
The university also wrote that the “presence of any speaker on campus is not an endorsement of Temple University, just as the views of any speaker are not necessarily those of the university’s administration, faculty, staff or students reflect.”
Recently, Trump was found guilty of all 34 charges that arose from a $130,000 “hush money” payment his attorney Michael Cohen hooked up with adult film star Stormy Daniels in the days before the 2016 election. He is too is charged in three other criminal cases.
Pennsylvania is a key battleground for Mr Trump and Mr Biden in the 2024 election, after Mr Biden won the Commonwealth, helping him win the presidency in 2020. The two have both spent time in the Philadelphia area while he was on the campaign trail this year.
The beginning of May, Trump held a rally on the beach in Wildwood, New Jersey. Trump also attended Sneaker Con in Philadelphia in February, where he has released Trump-branded sneakers.
Mr. Biden has made several stops in Pennsylvania on the campaign trailalso in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
At the end of May, Mr. Biden made a pitch to black voters at Girard College in North Philly. a March CBS News poll showed that Trump nearly doubled his support among black voters to 23%. Experts say the erosion of support in November would be costly for Biden.
A recent CBS News poll in May showed the race between Trump and Mr. Biden was tight in Pennsylvania. Last week was different CBS News poll showed them neck and neck nationally and on battlefields.
