The White House is rescheduling one of its annual spring garden tour dates due to a “massive” anti-Trump demonstration expected to take place near 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
The spring garden tours that were scheduled for Saturday have been pushed a day later, to Sunday, the White House announced Thursday.
“This decision has been made out of an abundance of caution and to ensure the safety of all within proximity to public demonstrations planned near the White House on April 5,” a statement said.
The move comes as crowds are expected to gather on the National Mall in Washington on Saturday for a “Hands Off!” rally. The event, timed as part of a National Day of Action, is described by organizers as a “mass mobilization day” aimed at sending a “message to the world that we do not consent to the destruction of our government and our economy for the benefit of [President] Trump and his billionaire allies.”
More than 12,000 demonstrators are expected to attend the protest, Washingtonian magazine reported.
Trump is not scheduled to be in the nation’s capital over the weekend: He’s set to attend a LIV Golf event at his Doral, Fla., resort and also spend time at his Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach.
