A Florida resort scheduled to host Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for what organisers claimed could be a small e book signing abruptly cancelled it on Thursday after studying the gathering was truly meant to commemorate the third anniversary of the lethal January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol.
Westgate Resorts’ Kissimmee, Florida, location mentioned the Osceola Republican Social gathering made no point out of January 6 once they pitched the occasion, as an alternative describing it as a e book signing for Greene’s memoir.
“Please be suggested that Westgate was not made conscious of the aim of this occasion once we have been approached to host a e book signing,” the resort mentioned in an announcement. “This occasion has been cancelled and is now not going down at our resort.”
Regardless of the cancellation, the Osceola County Republican Social gathering was nonetheless promoting tickets to the occasion as of Friday morning.
The tiered tickets vary in worth from $45 to $1,000, with “Tremendous VIPs” on the highest degree receiving “a particular personal briefing on J6 and DC in a closed-door session.”
Osceola County Republican Social gathering chair Mark Cross advised The Hill on Friday he was unaware Westgate had dropped them. Cross mentioned he believed Democrats have been in the end responsible for “calling folks and mendacity in regards to the function of the occasion”.
Requested by NBC Information in regards to the cancellation throughout a marketing campaign occasion for former President Donald Trump in Iowa, Greene known as the query “silly” and advised the outlet, “I actually don’t perceive the purpose of your query. It doesn’t make any sense.”