Donald Trump to host campaign rally in The Woodlands

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Donald Trump will appear in The Woodlands this Friday, according to his campaign website.

The "Donald J. Trump for President" rally will take place at The Woodlands Marriott Hotel and Convention Center at 7 p.m. with doors opening at 4 p.m.

Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee for president. The campaign events in Dallas and Houston were scheduled in other locations but were changed Wednesday afternoon.

Trump previously visited The Woodlands in May 2015 before he announced his candidacy for the office.

The Woodlands Waterway Marriott and Convention Center is located at 1601 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands.

Individuals can request tickets here.

Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Captain Ronnie Silvio said MSCO officials will be meeting with the Secret Service sometime Thursday (June 16) morning to determine any precautions that will take place.

"At that point, we'll know what our role will be and what contingencies we'll be putting into place for his visit," Silvio said. "Right now, we don't know anything other than he's coming in. We just found out about (3 p.m.). I know we'll be participating (in security measures) but I don't know how extensive at this time."

Montgomery County Republican Party Chairman Dr. Wally Wilkerson said the Trump campaign had not informed them of the event prior to setting the event in The Woodlands, but is excited the presidential candidate is coming to town.

"We're always anxious to get presidential candidates into Montgomery County," he said. "We always have high expectations of maybe attracting one. This would be something we would be delighted to work on."

Wilkerson said several other presidential candidates have visited Montgomery County. He said President Gerald Ford came through Conroe in April 1976 and also mentioned Dr. Ben Carson's visit last year when he was seeking the Republican nomination.

Wilkerson said the county party had already been in talks to lease Woodforest Stadium for an event where they were hoping to snag Trump.

"We were looking for something more like in early August, so it's interesting that this cropped up as soon as I got through talking to the gentleman (with Conroe ISD)," Wilkerson said. "... We were working on an event but we didn't know if it would be him or not. He would've been our priority."

At his previous stop in The Woodlands, Trump spoke about job creation, competition with China and Japan, as well as attacked presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for the email controversy.

The previous event was hosted by the Texas Patriots PAC, which eventually went on to endorse U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for the nomination. Cruz won Texas, but eventually dropped out - clearing the way for a Trump nomination.

Trump is making a two-day swing through the Lone Star State. He will initially make a stop in Dallas at Gilley's Dallas at 7 p.m. before making his Friday rally in The Woodlands.

Following that, Trump will move on to Las Vegas and Phoenix on Saturday.