President Donald Trump is slated to travel  to Minneapolis for an event – his first rally since House Democrats launched an impeachment inquiry into his attempts to pressure a foreign country to investigate one of his top Democratic rivals.
The rally will allow the President to fire up die-hard supporters at a time when some polls suggest that Americans are troubled by his conduct and favor the investigation.
But unlike most of his rallies held in Republican strongholds, Trump selected a congressional district for Thursday night’s event that he lost by 55 points in 2016 – and one that is represented by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., the outspoken Somali American and Muslim lawmaker whom Trump has repeatedly attacked, sometimes using false information.
Many of Trump’s supporters say the president should be allowed to visit any city in the United States without facing opposition and blamed divisions in the country on liberals, not the president.
“I would feel better if you could go and attend and not have to worry about your own safety,” said Trump supporter Dana Smith, 60, who lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and whose husband plans to attend the rally.
Mary Jo Buffalo, 62, who lives in the Minneapolis exurbs, added: “Who are the aggressors? Who is instigating all of this division? Seems like it’s coming from the Democrats or the press.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, a Democrat, refused to welcome the president to the city because Trump “has made it clear that he does not value the perspectives or rights of Minneapolis’ diverse communities.” Omar tweeted that while “our beautiful state welcomes everyone with open arms . . . we will continue to reject you and your campaign of lies and bigotry.”
This week, Trump and the Minneapolis mayor have continued to trade jabs on Twitter. The mayor has called on Trump’s campaign to prepay the added security costs of the rally, which the campaign has refused to do. On Wednesday, a small group of Trump’s supporters gathered at city hall to chant: “Trump! Trump! Trump!”
 (c) 2019, The Washington Post · Jenna Johnson 
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