Jan 9

Jan 9 Toledo takes spotlight as site of first 2020 Trump rally

Back to Facts correspondent Bob Crosby went on location in Toledo, Ohio, to the first Trump rally of 2020, as people lined up Thursday Jan. 9, 2020, to go in to the 8,000-seat Huntington Center. A ticket (which is free) doesn't guarantee that you'll be seated inside, Crosby told us. People began lining up on Wednesday for a chance to get in. A jumbo screen is set up near Huron Street outside the Huntington -- with portable toilets nearby. Security is "airport level," meaning everything you wouldn't bring on a plane, you can't bring in to the rally, according to local channel WTOL-11. Current temp at 5:38 EST: 44 degrees.

Not everyone was thrilled with Trump coming to Toledo. Some fearless souls mounted an inflated rat on a trailer and trolled it past the line of supporters. T...

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Tatiana Prophet

Tatiana is an award-winning journalist living in Los Angeles. A graduate of the Medill School of Journalism, she started her career in Atlanta in 2001, covering Latino issues and immigration. She spent the next few years as a section editor for Atlanta Business Chronicle. After moving back home to Southern California, Tatiana covered the city of Victorville for the Daily Press and pioneered their nightly web cast. During the early years of the Obama administration, she wrote for China Daily USA as their freelance correspondent for Southern California. Prophet spent four years as a singer-songwriter in Los Angeles, playing the Viper Room Acoustic Lounge as well as the House of Blues Voodoo Lounge, plus regular appearances at TRiP Santa Monica. In 2016, Prophet started Back to Facts, realizing that fake news of all kinds would prove a formidable enemy in the years to come.

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