Trump’s Texas midterm schedule got a last-minute rewrite, and the Lubbock stop looks different than it did a week ago. The rally is still set for Tuesday, October 27 at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, but doors now open at 2:30 p.m. and the speech moved from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Waco visit was dropped entirely, with Trump and the Vice President instead rallying in Corpus Christi at 2 p.m. for Republican Eric Flores, who is running against U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez.
The timing raised eyebrows for a reason. Trump has endorsed Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate race, and Paxton’s Democratic opponent, James Talarico, holds a 7 p.m. rally at Texas Tech the same evening. A 6 p.m. Trump speech in Lubbock puts the two events side by side in the same news cycle. The campaign hasn’t offered an official explanation for the shift, though the tight same-day travel from Corpus Christi to Lubbock could account for the later start.
For listeners around Lawton planning the drive south, tickets for the Lubbock rally are available through the GOP website. Expect heavier traffic near the Civic Center and the Texas Tech campus that evening, and keep an eye on the clock since the schedule already changed once. Whatever side of the aisle you’re on, the final stretch before November 3 is going to be loud across Texas.
Are you planning to attend any rallies before the midterms? Let us know in the comments.
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