Stuck with NC Trump rally tickets? Can’t make it to Milwaukee? Here’s what to do
The cancellation of former President Donald Trump’s North Carolina rally Friday caused confusion on Monday about whether people who bought tickets could get their money back.
Yes, according to the group organizing the event.
Juliet Murdock, a customer service manager with American Freedom Tour, said Tuesday in an email: “If you purchased tickets you are entitled to a refund.”
A second email came shortly afterward with no signature adding that refunds apply only to canceled or postponed events.
In May, the American Freedom Tour announced that Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr. and a host of other influential Republicans would appear in Greensboro on Friday to discuss topics like “Ways you can stop the insanity in Washington, D.C.” and “How you can exercise your First Amendment rights to defend American values.”
But officials quietly canceled the event, even as Axios reported that Trump, his namesake and his daughter Ivanka Trump are scheduled Friday to provide testimony for an investigation out of New York into Trump’s finances.
The group said in an email to The N&O Monday that ticket-holders could use their Greensboro ticket at any other event in the country, though only one other is currently announced in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It also said the central North Carolina stop would eventually be rescheduled. It said nothing about reimbursements, but promised that option Tuesday in response to a follow-up question from The News & Observer.
The response on Twitter to news of Trump’s cancellation was immediate.
“So no refunds on tickets, which sold for $9.00 to $3500, but they can be used at any rally in the US. There’s ONE scheduled & it’s in WI. Just another grift,” wrote Connie Dulin, one of the people who responded.
KatSat responded similarly: “An easy drive or lots of direct flights from Greensboro to Milwaukee. The fleecing and stealing and grift continues.”
To others, traveling 831 miles over 13 hours or spending $321 for airline tickets to see the former president might be a typical day in Trumpworld.
In June, Trump spoke at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority conference in Nashville where he announced a group of North Carolinians in the audience.
“There’s a group of women over there from North Carolina,” Trump said on stage. “This is their 92nd time that they’ve watched me speak. And I say to them, I appreciate it. And they don’t get bored.”
The women cheered as the former president addressed them.
But for those not quite so keen on making sudden travel arrangements, there’s hope.
A woman, who identified herself as Eliora, who answered the American Freedom Tour phone line said ticket-holders with more questions about refunds could email patriot@americanfreedomtour.com. The email address is the same one that responds to questions using the generic form on the tour’s website.
Ticket holders may also call 888-977-2024.
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This story was originally published July 12, 2022 at 1:05 PM.
