After Trump event flouted safety rules, vice president had to move to Hibbing.
DULUTH – Local airport officials told Vice President Mike Pence he could not host a campaign event on their premises in late October after President Donald Trump flouted state health guidelines while holding a rally there weeks earlier.
In an Oct. 22 e-mail to the Duluth Airport Authority’s (DAA’s) seven-person board of directors, the airport’s executive director said he’d learned that Pence planned to host a rally in Duluth on Oct. 26.
“The Trump Campaign is in breach of their previous agreement with the DAA on a couple of significant items,” Tom Werner wrote. “Therefore, I will not allow the event to take place at our airports.” Continue reading.