Are you ready for Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton and the others?
Ready or not, the national campaign circus is about to focus on California’s coveted delegates as the state’s all-important primary looms June 7.
Nothing could signal the shift to California more than Donald Trump’s arrival Thursday in Orange County, just after a major near-riot controversy in the Orange County city of Anaheim..
On the heels of victories in Republican presidential primaries in five states, Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Orange County, two days after his supporters and opponents clashed in an Anaheim confrontation that included pepper-spray attacks.
According to Trump’s campaign website, he will attend an event at the Pacific Amphitheatre at the Orange County Fair & Event Center, 100 Fair Drive, in Costa Mesa.
Specific details haven’t been released, other than doors opening at 4 p.m. for the 7 p.m. event. Tickets are available on his website, https://www.donaldjtrump.com/schedule/.
Trump’s campaign took center stage at Tuesday night’s Anaheim City Council meeting. The council had been expected to vote on a resolution by Councilwoman Kris Murray condemning Trump’s “divisive rhetoric” as running contrary to “the city of Anaheim’s guiding principles of inclusiveness and kindness.”
The council heard nearly four hours of public testimony before voting 3- 2 to take no action on the resolution, which some critics argued was an illegal use of taxpayer resources for political purposes.
Supporters and opponents of Trump clashed outside City Hall before the meeting, with some shouting obscenities at each other, and some firing pepper spray.
Trump on Tuesday scored primary election victories in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, pushing him closer to the 1,237 delegates needed to win the Republican presidential nomination. Trump now has 949 delegates. His closest competitor, Ted Cruz, has 544.
California’s primary election will be held June 7.
—City News Service