Viewers can watch the rally as it is live-streamed on Trump’s YouTube channel. C-SPAN is also expected to broadcast the event on both its cable television channel and website. Viewers on the C-SPAN website will need to log in with credentials from their cable television provider. Charleston NBC affiliate WCBD is also expected to show live coverage of the rally on its website.
Newsweek reached out to the Trump campaign for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication.
“President Trump has delivered for South Carolina with an unemployment rate of 2.3 percent—tied for the lowest rate in the country,” said Trump’s campaign chief operating officer Michael Glassner in a February statement. “President Trump looks forward to returning to the Palmetto State to celebrate his message of ‘Promises Made, Promises Kept.’”
After Friday’s rally in South Carolina, Trump is expected to travel to Washington, D.C. to deliver the closing remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Trump won the popular vote in South Carolina during the 2016 presidential election, defeating Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton by more than 300,000 votes.
While Democrats will get to cast votes for their preferred candidate on Saturday, this year’s Republican primary in South Carolina has been canceled.
In September 2019, the South Carolina Republican Party voted 43-1 against holding the primary since Trump did not have a “legitimate” challenger.
That motion was challenged by an October 2019 lawsuit from former Republican Representative Bob Inglis and businessman Frank Heindel, claiming their right to vote would be violated by the decision. Their suit was dismissed by Judge Jocelyn Newman in December 2019.
“The General Assembly vested political parties with the sole discretion whether to hold presidential preference primaries,” Newman wrote in her ruling, “meaning they are not held as a matter of right.”
Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld is currently the only Republican running against Trump.
Weld describes himself on his campaign website as “an old-fashioned Republican.”
“I believe in a well-run economy, a pragmatic foreign policy, and moderation on social issues,” the website reads. “I want sensible policy that solves problems that affect real people, but if in doubt, I believe in freedom and the Constitution and a government that stays out of your wallet and out of your bedroom.”
Weld only garnered 9.1 percent of the vote during February’s primary in New Hampshire losing to incumbent Trump who received 85.6 percent of the vote, claiming the victory and all 22 available state delegates.
