President Donald Trump tweeted in late August that he would headline a "major rally" for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. | Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images Elections Trump moves Texas rally for Cruz, citing ‘huge and unprecedented’ response

President Donald Trump has moved his Texas rally for Sen. Ted Cruz’s reelection campaign to a larger venue because of what a top aide called “huge and unprecedented” ticket sales.

“Response for tickets to #MAGA rally #Houston Mon 10/22 has been HUGE and unprecedented!” Brad Parscale, Trump’s 2020 campaign manager, wrote on Twitter on Thursday. “This will be an epic rally, so we’re moving to @ToyotaCenter. Want to make sure everyone coming knows the venue changed!”


The president has fumed over reports about the relatively small crowd size for his inauguration, and since then has taken issue with media reports accusing him of inflating crowd sizes.

Trump tweeted in late August that he would headline a “major rally” for Cruz, who faces Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke of El Paso, by picking “the biggest stadium in Texas” he could find. “As you know, Ted has my complete and total Endorsement,” he wrote. “His opponent is a disaster for Texas — weak on Second Amendment, Crime, Borders, Military, and Vets!”

The Trump campaign originally chose Houston’s NRG Arena, which can hold 8,000 , and then abruptly changed locations on Thursday to the Toyota Center, which can hold 19,000, according to its website .

The largest stadium in Texas, and the fourth-largest nationally, is Kyle Field at Texas A&M University, which can hold 102,995.

