Fox News pivots Donald Trump/Laura Ingraham town hall from Spartanburg to Greenville

Only days after it was announced Donald Trump had plans to visit Spartanburg on Feb. 20, the former president will now be visiting Greenville instead.

A spokesperson with Fox News told the Greenville News late Friday morning that the live taping of Trump's appearance on The Ingraham Angle with conservative television host Laura Ingraham will now take place at the Greenville Convention Center, located at 1 Exposition Drive. The town hall was originally scheduled to take place at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium.

After initially not providing any details on why the venue change occurred, Fox News told the Greenville News Friday evening that the event was moved due to its proximity to an early voting center for the South Carolina Republican Primary.

366 North Church St, host to Spartanburg County administration offices, is an early voting center located across the street from the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium.

Representatives with the Spartanburg Police Department and the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium both said Friday morning that they received word the event would no longer take place in Spartanburg.

The one-hour event will still begin taping at 2:45 p.m. and will air later that day at 7 p.m. The show will focus on "domestic and foreign policy challenges facing America and solutions for addressing them," according to the initial release from Fox News.

Live audience members will be able to ask questions at the town hall.

"(The town hall) will also explore the potential that a new coalition of voters will have on the presidential election and the shift in polling among minorities toward former President Trump," the Fox News release said. "Additional topics will include the former president’s ongoing legal battles, the remaining primaries, his potential vice-presidential pick and other news of the day."

Chalmers Rogland covers public safety for the Spartanburg Herald-Journal and USA Today Network. Reach him via email at crogland@gannett.com.

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