Breitbart claims White House ‘worried’ about crowd size for Trump-Strange rally

Breitbart News claims in a new report that the White House is “worried” that a small crowd might turn out for an Alabama campaign event featuring President Trump on behalf of his preferred Senate candidate, Luther Strange (R).

“President Donald Trump will appear in Huntsville, AL to promote the candidacy of Luther Strange, who is competing in a runoff election for the Republican Party’s nomination for the Alabama U.S. Senate special election,” reads the Breitbart piece.

{mosads}”White House aides told Breitbart News they were worried about turning out a large crowd size for Trump, given they know the president has already given his endorsement and that he and the Vice President Mike Pence are campaigning for the establishment candidate against the presumed anti-establishment candidate former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore,” it continues before citing an anonymous White House official.

“It doesn’t look good to have them [Trump and Pence] stumping for the guy who is going to lose,” the official told Breitbart.

“We have concerns that there may not be a high amount of turnout at the rallies for Strange and we are concerned that some of those that may show up may be there to shout pro-Roy Moore slogans — or that they just want to see the president and vice president but still plan to vote for Roy Moore,” Breitbart says another unidentified aide told it.

The news outlet’s story appears to be another salvo against Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who back Strange over the candidate Breitbart is strongly endorsing in the race, Roy Moore.

Trump is expected to appear at an event in Huntsville, Ala., Friday night, while Vice President Pence is scheduled to campaign for Strange in Birmingham, Ala., on Monday.

Former Trump deputy adviser Sebastian Gorka, a one-time Breitbart national security editor, will campaign over the weekend for Moore along with former Alaska governor and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

Moore leads Strange, who was appointed to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the Senate, in polling. The winner of next week’s GOP runoff will advance to the general election.