Trump Set To Attend Major College Football Rivalry Game Later This Month

Former President Donald Trump is expected to attend the Alabama vs. Georgia game at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on September 28.

A person with knowledge of Trump’s campaign plans told the Tuscaloosa News earlier this week that the former president plans to attend. The game, which features the two biggest SEC powerhouses currently ranked among the top four teams in the country, will take place under the lights beginning at 6:30 p.m. CT on ABC.

This will be the second Alabama-Georgia game for Trump after he attended the 2018 national championship matchup between the two teams while he was the sitting president. It will also be Trump’s second time attending a game at the historic Bryant-Denny Stadium. He was in attendance in Tuscaloosa for the 2019 game between the Crimson Tide and the LSU Tigers, which marked the first time a sitting president had attended an Alabama home football game, according to Tuscaloosa News.

When Trump was introduced at the Alabama game in 2019, the crowd erupted in cheers.

WATCH: President Trump is introduced to thunderous cheers at Alabama vs. LSU football game Saturday. pic.twitter.com/IDDGE48oNo

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 9, 2019


John Wahl, chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, confirmed that he was aware of Trump’s plans to visit Tuscaloosa and watch the game, saying he’s “extremely excited about the prospect.”

“The people of Alabama have a special relationship with Donald Trump and the Republican Party is always excited to welcome him to our state,” he added. “With that said, I’m not directly involved in the planning, and I don’t know if the most recent assassination attempt changes anything here in Tuscaloosa.”

Trump’s reported plans are always subject to change, and as mentioned by Wahl, the second assassination attempt on Trump on Sunday has brought questions surrounding his security back into the spotlight. The former president praised his Secret Service detail on Tuesday for spotting the barrel of a rifle and stopping a gunman before he was able to fire any shots at the president or others on Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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“In this particular case, you had a very sharp agent, as good as you could find, and did a fantastic job, but somebody could have missed the barrel of that rifle,” Trump said. “Somebody of lesser talents or somebody that was distracted could have missed or could have been shot, I mean, frankly, could have also been shot.”

House Republican Says Her Office Received ‘Very Serious Shooting Threat’

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) said on Wednesday her office received a “very serious shooting threat,” an announcement that came after a second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at his golf club in Florida over the weekend.

“My office has received a very serious shooting threat,” Luna said in a post to her personal account on X. “This division and hate campaign against Republicans is going to get someone killed. I will not be threatened, intimidated, or bow down to those using violence as a means to push their agenda. We will win.”

My office has received a very serious shooting threat.

This division and hate campaign against Republicans is going to get someone killed. I will not be threatened, intimidated, or bow down to those using violence as a means to push their agenda. We will win.

America is the…

— Anna Paulina Luna (@realannapaulina) September 18, 2024

Luna added, “America is the greatest country in the world. I will continue to fight for the wonderful people who have elected me as well as those across the country that feel that they are being left behind. Please keep my family in your prayers. Hate has no place here.”

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) responded to Luna, saying, “We are right there with you. It’s OUT OF CONTROL.” Social media influencer Rogan O’Handley, better known as “DC Draino,” said the shooting threat “just days after” Trump nearly got assassinated was “unacceptable.” He added, “They’re trying to kill anyone who actually gives a damn about saving this country.”

Luna, an Air Force veteran who was first elected to Congress in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement, is running for re-election to continue representing Florida’s 13th Congressional District for another two-year term. She is poised to face off against Democrat challenger Whitney Fox in the November election.

With her congressional account on X, Luna criticized Vice President Kamala Harris and the Left for making inflammatory statements directed at Trump and other Republicans. Harris, the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee, and others have faced increased scrutiny for describing Trump as being a danger to freedoms and democracy in light of the multiple threats to the former president’s life.

“The continued rhetoric by Kamala Harris and the radical left about President Trump and Republicans being a ‘threat’ has to STOP,” Luna said. “The fact that it continues even after the first (crazy that we have to say first) attempt on his life is disgusting.”