Donald Trump will attend Alabama-Georgia game, campaign says

Donald Trump will be in Tuscaloosa’s Bryant-Denny Stadium on Sept. 28 when the Alabama Crimson Tide takes on Georgia, Trump’s campaign officials confirmed Wednesday.

Talk of his attendance at the highly anticipated match-up has been circulating since the weekend.

On Wednesday, Sen. Katie Britt tweeted, “Looking forward to hosting President Trump and @SteveDaines in Tuscaloosa next weekend. #RollTide.”

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Earlier this week, Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl confirmed the possibility of Trump attending the game.

“I am aware that Donald Trump was looking into the possibilities of attending the Alabama-Georgia game. Obviously, the Republican Party’s very excited about that possibility,” Wahl told AL.com on Monday.

“”The people of Alabama and Donald Trump have a special relationship, and we are always thrilled when he has a chance to visit our state,” Wahl said.

It was not initially known if Sunday’s apparent attempted assassination of the former president in Florida would derail those plans.

Trump attended two Alabama games while president, and the Tide have gone .500 when the former president is watching in person.

While Alabama is hardly a swing state, Georgia will be hotly contested in 2024 and is crucial to Donald Trump’s chances of winning the White House in the November election against his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.

Should Trump be in the stands at Bryant-Denny later this month, it will mark his second time at the Tuscaloosa stadium and his third time appearing at an Alabama game.

Trump appeared on the field during the national anthem before Alabama and Georgia kicked off in the 2018 College Football Playoff final in January 2019 in Atlanta, when Tua Tagovailoa found DeVonta Smith for a walk-off win in overtime.