paul heinz, the political editor for seven days newspaper. thank you for being with us. thanks for having me, rachel. what happens if 20,000 people show up tomorrow night for an event in downtown burlington? is downtown burlington equipped to handle that kind of crowd? it s going to be a mess. they are going to close down some of the streets and there are going to be tons of protesters. there will are traditional march and rallies to silent protests. if they re not inside the flynn theater, they re probably going to be outside making a lot of noise, maybe being silent but certainly protesting donald trump s visit here. i ve just been given a statement from the mayor of burlington, myra weinberger said
that space. the police chief tells the burlington free press tonight that if it were a rock band that had handed out 20,000 free tickets, the police would of course cancel that event in the interest of public safety. but this is a political event. what are they going to do? this is a recipe for chaos tomorrow in lovely burlington, vermont. honestly we have no idea what s going to happen. chaos has been the best way to describe the whole republican race this season but tomorrow night it s going to be chaos of a very specific kind. as of right now i can tell you the trump campaign is still giving away even more tickets online to this event as i speak. again, they are over20,000 tickets distributed already, and the venue only holds 1,400 people. and right now they are still handing out tickets. what could possibly go wrong? joining us from burlington is paul heinz, the political editor for seven days newspaper.
was vermont. so we don t really have much experience with this sort of thing. president obama visited a couple times. but to have someone like donald trump who i would say it s safe to say many burlingtonians disagree with, it s just a difficult situation. i don t know exactly how they re going to manage this. ilt going to it going to be definitely a mess tomorrow night. is it supposed to be wicked cold tomorrow night? it s always cold this time of year. paul heintz, editor of seven days newspaper. i enjoy your paper. it s good to hear that. we have much more ahead tonight, including the surprising thing vice president biden said tonight about the race for president this year and
thing. president obama visited a couple times. but to have someone like donald trump who i would say it s safe to say many burlingtonians disagree with, it s just a difficult situation. i don t know exactly how they re going to manage this. it going to be definitely a mess tomorrow night. is it supposed to be wicked cold tomorrow night? it s always cold this time of year. paul heintz, editor of seven days newspaper. i enjoy your paper. it s good to hear that. we have much more ahead tonight, including the surprising thing vice president biden said tonight about the race for president this year and his role in it. we ll be right back with that. stay with us.
experience with this sort of thing. president obama visited a couple times. but to have someone like donald trump who i would say it s safe to say many burlingtonians disagree with, it s just a difficult situation. i don t know exactly how they re going to manage this. it going to be definitely a mess tomorrow night. is it supposed to be wicked cold tomorrow night? it s always cold this time of year. paul heintz, editor of seven days newspaper. i enjoy your paper. it s good to hear that. we have much more ahead tonight, including the surprising thing vice president biden said tonight about the race for president this year and his role in it. we ll be right back with that. stay with us.