Leftist mayor Jacob Frey tried to force the Trump campaign to pay the exorbitant amount for "security" at the city's Target Center, according to Trump's campaign manager, Brad Parscale.

According to the Trump campaign:

The radical leftist mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, is abusing the power of his office and attempting to extort President Trump's re-election campaign by conjuring a phony and outlandish bill for security in an effort to block a scheduled Keep America Great rally. Democrat Mayor Frey is using the bogus security charges to pressure the Target Center, site of the contracted October 10, 2019 rally, into preventing Minnesota residents from exercising their First Amendment rights in support of President Trump.