Officials: Nassau Coliseum will be ‘safest place in the country’ for Trump rally

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Nassau Executive Bruce Blakeman and police officials touted the readiness of the county for Wednesday’s Trump rally at the Nassau Coliseum on the heels of an apparent assassination attempt at one of the former president’s golf courses on Sunday . Blakeman said the intelligence center will be fully staffed and that every unit of the Nassau Police Department would be utilized. Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder also said that the parking lot would be swept the evening before and the day of the rally. The event is being run by the Trump campaign. It says doors will open at the Coliseum at 3 p.m. before a 7 p.m. start. "