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1/ 🚨 NEW TONIGHT: Trump campaign blasts @CityMinneapolis Mayor @Jacob_Frey for what it says is “a phony and outlandish bill for security in an effort to block a scheduled Keep America Great rally.” 
2/ BACKSTORY: Trump campaign has repeatedly refused to pay public safety bills that various municipalities have sent. publicintegrity.org/federal-politi…
3/ It appears that @CityMinneapolis is using the key leverage it has — it owns the arena Trump is planning to use — to get Trump’s campaign to defray public safety costs.
4/ “This is an outrageous abuse of power by a liberal mayor trying to deny the rights of his own city’s residents just because he hates the president,” said Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale in a statement.
5/ @CityMinneapolis appears to have been paying attention to the experience of @ElPasoTXGov, which is still waiting for Trump’s campaign to pay up publicintegrity.org/federal-politi…
6/ More on the situation in Minneapolis from the @StarTribune’s @marissaaevans and @jessievanb m.startribune.com/minneapolis-ci…
8/ Why is the matter of local governments billing presidential campaigns for police protection even an issue? @publicintegrity explained in June:
9/ FWIW, Trump’s campaign would have no trouble paying public safety bills from @CityMinneapolis, @ElPasoTXGov or any of the other municipal governments that have invoiced the Trump campaign google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc…
10/ A statement from Minneapolis Mayor @Jacob_Frey on the Trump campaign paying for local police protection:
12/ Another statement from @CityMinneapolis Mayor @Jacob_Frey, back at the Trump campaign, regarding @TeamTrump paying police bills:
13/ Meanwhile across the pond ...
14/ This evening, someone filed paperwork with the @FEC to form a political committee called “Donald Trump is a Deadbeat” with an address of “1600 Barack Obama Avenue.”
Such false filings are against the law. But the @FEC can’t currently enforce the law: publicintegrity.org/federal-politi…
Such false filings are against the law. But the @FEC can’t currently enforce the law: publicintegrity.org/federal-politi…
