Lawmakers Clash Over Nassau County Trump Rally

Tomorrow’s Nassau County Trump rally has politicians sparring over how to best handle the added strain on county resources.

The rally, at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, will be former president Donald Trump’s first large public event since Sunday’s apparent assassination attempt. The Republican presidential candidate announced the rally on Sept. 11, the day after his debate against Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder assured Long Islanders that on the day of Trump’s rally, the county will be the “safest place in the country.” The NCPD will be assisting Secret Service in securing Trump and the rally-goers.

Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (D-Glen Cove), the Democratic minority leader of the county legislature, says that Blakeman has avoided answering just how much the Nassau County Trump rally will cost taxpayers in police overtime in order to host his “political idol.”

“Bruce Blakeman has provided no meaningful information to residents about the impact of Donald Trump’s visit,” DeRiggi-Whitton said in a statement on Sept. 16.


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