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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...