Donald Trump returning to South Carolina with ‘Get Out the Vote’ rally in Conway

Donald Trump will hold a rally in South Carolina this weekend two days before early voting opens for the state’s Republican primary.

The rally, announced late on Feb. 5 by Trump’s campaign, will take place in Conway at Coastal Carolina University on Saturday, Feb. 10.

Doors open at 11 a.m. Trump is set to give remarks at 2 p.m.

The event is being billed as a “Get Out the Vote” rally.

It’s a sign the former president is not taking any chances as he looks to cement his frontrunner status here and deliver a blow to his last remaining Republican rival, former Gov. Nikki Haley, in her home state.

The trip comes one week after the former president dispatched some of his South Carolina allies to hold a series of press conferences where elected officials slammed Haley across the state on his behalf.

Trump for weeks teased the possibility of holding a campaign rally in the Palmetto State, writing on Truth Social his team had plans for some “really BIG ones.”

“Get ready South Carolina, we’re going to have some fun!!!” he wrote Jan. 25, some two days after winning the New Hampshire Republican primary. 

On Feb. 5, just hours before his South Carolina plans were announced, Trump reiterated his hopes to come to the state. 

“The Primary seems to be over, but I’ll be going to South Carolina next week to finish off a very unpopular Candidate,” he wrote.

Trump loyalty is strong in Horry County, which is home to Myrtle Beach and other beachfront towns. Located some 90 miles north of Charleston, the coastal pocket overwhelmingly backed Trump both times he was on the presidential ballot. 

It also comes just days after Haley has been taking her presidential campaign across South Carolina, where the former governor has continued to call on Trump to debate her and has seen her own events attract more than 1,300 on a Sunday night on Daniel Island.

In the 2016 general election, nearly 7 out of 10 Horry voters cast their ballots for Trump. That support held strong in 2020, when 66 percent of those voters picked Trump over Democrat Joe Biden.