Pence cancels Fayetteville stop
Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence announced a Monday visit to Fayetteville despite flooding throughout eastern North Carolina.
Posted — UpdatedAccording to schedules sent to supporters and news organizations Saturday night, Pence will visit Charlotte in the early afternoon. He was then scheduled to move onto K3 Enterprises Inc. on Cumberland Street in Fayetteville that evening. Fayetteville has been hit particularly hard by 15 inches of rain in the last two days.
"As for now, the schedule stands," said Kirk Bell, North Carolina spokesman for Donald Trump's presidential campaign. By Sunday morning, the Trump campaign website said the event had been canceled, although the Charlotte stop remains.
Trump himself is supposed to visit Charlotte on Friday. Democratic vice presidential contender Tim Kaine is due to visit Davidson College on Wednesday evening.
The stops would be Pence's first public events following Sunday night's second presidential debate between Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, during which Trump will likely be pressed on those remarks.
WRAL meteorologists say that, even after the rain stops, overflowing creeks and flooded roads will remain as the water takes time to dissipate. Presidential and vice presidential visits are typically security-heavy affairs, often pulling in local law enforcement. If Pence does arrive, many of those protecting him will have worked through the weekend to help their communities with the storms.
Pence was forced to call off a similar campaign stop in September due to heavy rains.
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