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It’s Trump Day Cape Girardeau awaits the President of the United States 9 p.m. at the Show Me Center Doors open at 6 p.m. 16 things to know about today’s presidential visit
Rush Limbaugh, Lee Greenwood, Hannity to accompany Trump at rally BY MARK BLISS AND BOB MILLER
SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN President Donald Trump will rally supporters in Cape Girardeau on Monday with the help of a number of celebrities, including conservative commentators Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, and country music star Lee Greenwood. Greenwood, perhaps best known for his song “God Bless the USA” will perform at the rally at the Show Me Center. Limbaugh, a native of Cape Girardeau, has a na-
tional radio show. Hannity has both a radio show and a prime time television show. He is scheduled to host his radio show Monday afternoon from Cape Girardeau. The rally is scheduled to start at 9 p.m. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Monday’s rally, on the eve of Tuesday’s midterm elections for control of Congress, will culminate a six-day blitz of battleground states, involving 11 rallies. Trump will campaign here in support of Republican Josh Hawley who is seeking to unseat Dem-
ocratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill. According to the polls, the race is a toss up. Security officials continued to work out logistics through the weekend, with changes in plans transpiring into Sunday evening. On Saturday, the Cape Girardeau Police Department released information regarding parking and shuttle systems from six locations, but on Sunday emails that went out to ticket holders from Trump’s See Trump, Page 3A
Rally attendees to face ‘wind and wet’ weather BY KASSI JACKSON
SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN Anticipated showers will make their way through Cape Girardeau late afternoon Monday but will clear before President Donald Trump’s arrival later in the evening. The weather will bring
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rain with a chance of thunderstorms and high winds. With the doors to President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” rally scheduled to open at 6 p.m. at the Show Me Center, meteorologist Dan Spaeth of the National Weather Ser-
vice said to be prepared to deal with “wind and wet.” Spaeth said, “It’s most likely going to get wet leading up to the event, and it will be trying to get breezy, as well.” Showers are anticipated to arrive in Cape Girardeau between 3 p.m.
and 6 p.m., and move through quickly. Winds are expected to move south to southwest at approximately 10 miles per hour, but the risk of severe winds of 60 miles per hour cannot be ruled out completely, Spaeth added.
Here are some facts, notes and some speculation about President Trump’s visit to Cape Girardeau today. He is scheduled to speak at 9 p.m. at the Show Me Center, 1333 N. Sprigg St. The doors will open at 6 p.m.
Show Me Center The Show Me Center capacity is dependent on floor configuration, but can seat 7,600 and another 633 in the lobby, according to the Show Me Center’s website.
Tickets The Trump campaign issues more tickets than capacity, so the seating will be first come, first served. When President Trump was scheduled to visit in September, roughly 40,000 tickets were issued, according to U.S. Rep. Jason Smith. This means attendees will need to arrive very early to assure a seat at the rally. Attendees cannot save seats once they enter the venue. It’s been reported that at previous stops, some die-hards have waited some 12 hours and even 24 hours in line. Organizers estimated 10,000 people attended the campaign stop in Columbia, Missouri, according to local media reports. The crowd size at Springfield, Missouri, was disputed. Trump estimated 44,000, but some locals suggested that number was overstated. KFVS12 reported 4,000 people filled a hangar at the rally in Murphysboro, Illinois, on Oct. 21. Ten thousand were expected, and 8,500 people went through metal detectors, according to KFVS12.
Parking The Show Me Center parking lot can handle 1,500 cars, and however many spots that remain open by the Secret Service will be in high demand and won’t last long. Parking logistics changed several times since Friday. After officials told a reporter Friday that no parking spots would be available at the Show Me Center, the Cape Girardeau Police Department put out a statement Saturday saying Show Me Center parking would be available, as well as overflow See Know, Page 3A
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