Trump canceled an outdoor speech at his rally in Tulsa after lower-than-expected attendance

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• President Trump scrapped a planned speech to the overflow crowd outside the arena at his Saturday night rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma after the event saw lower than expected turnout with no big overflow. 
• Members of the media at the event reported that thousands of people were in attendance inside the arena, but the crowd was still far smaller than expected.
• Trump's campaign manager Brad Parscale blamed the low turnout on "radical protestors, fueled by a week of apocalyptic media coverage" who had purportedly blocked the entrance. 
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President Donald Trump canceled a planned speech to the overflow crowd outside the arena at his Saturday night rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma after only dozens of people appeared to show up. 

Both Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were set to speak to a planned overflow crowd outside Tulsa's BOK Center. Members of the media at the event reported that the crowd inside the arena was sizeable but still far smaller than expected.

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