ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA – Congressman and former
presidential candidate Ron Paul announced his plans today to hold a
rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota during the Republican National
Convention. Dubbed the Rally for the Republic, the rally will formally
launch Dr. Paul's new political action group, the Campaign for Liberty,
with a series of events culminating in a celebration of traditional
Republican values at the 18,000 seat Target Center on Tuesday,
September 2.
Tickets go on sale through Ticket Master this Friday, July 25 at 11:00
am ET.
Dr. Paul will hold grassroots and leadership training events on August
31 and September 1, culminating in the all day Target Center event
featuring high profile speakers including Grover Norquist, Tucker
Carlson, Gov. Gary Johnson, Barry Goldwater Jr. and Bruce Fein. The
event will also feature well know music entertainers to be announced
soon. More information can be found at
http://rally.campaignforliberty.com/
The event has originally been scheduled for the Williams Arena at the
University of Minnesota, but strong initial response prompted a move to
the bigger arena.
"The Rally for the Republic will send a powerful, positive message to
the Republican Party that there is an army of grassroots activists
across the country ready to work with them if steer back to their
traditions of limited government and personal liberty," said Campaign
for Liberty spokesman Jesse Benton.
Dr. Paul's presidential bid attracted over 1.2 million votes in the GOP
primaries, while setting one day internet fundraising records and
pulling in $34.7 million. The Campaign for Liberty was formed on June
16 with the end of Dr. Paul's presidential bid and has attracted over
71,000 members. Dr. Paul's book, The Revolution: A Manifesto has spent
10 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers List.