Drivers claim the manager of a Dunkin’ Donuts gave them permission to park at the store during Trump's rally
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Dozens of Donald Trump supporters in North Carolina were startled to find their vehicles had been towed after reportedly getting permission to park in a Dunkin' parking lot during a campaign rally on Wednesday.
The Charlotte rally was the former president's first public campaign event since President Biden's exit from the 2024 race and following the assassination attempt on Trump.
The Secret Service has reportedly recommended no more outdoor rallies for the former president following the assassination attempt.
Once the rally ended, drivers were stunned to find that their vehicles had been towed.
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Former President Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, headlines a rally in Charlotte, N.C., July 24, 2024. (Fox News/Paul Steinhauser)
Drivers told WBTV that the manager of the Dunkin’ allowed them to leave their cars in the lot during the rally; however, when asked for comment, they said several people were told they could not park there and that signs on the property indicate no parking for non-customers.
Tow trucks reportedly showed up and began taking vehicles from the parking lot during the rally.
"The managers inside promised that they could park here," Zander DeSoto, a Trump rally attendee told WBTV. "Some of the people here even gave money to the people inside."
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To make matters worse, people who were towed from the Dunkin' parking lot had to pay hundreds of dollars to the towing company to get their cars back.
"Something very fishy [is] going on here, because I’ve never seen anything like this happen before," one attendee told WBTV.
Another man said when he went to confront the Dunkin’ manager, the shop’s employees locked the doors and refused to come out.
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The crowd inside the Bojangles Coliseum ahead of former President Trump's appearance at a rally in Charlotte, N.C., July 24, 2024. (Fox News/Paul Steinhauser)
"The whole parking lot is gone…everybody," he explained. "They locked the doors, they won’t answer our calls, and they won’t even answer at the window."
One family told WBTV that they traveled over two hours to attend the rally and when they walked back to their car afterward, their car was gone.
Gotcha Towing & Recovery, the company who was tasked with towing the cars from the parking lot, told WBTV that there was a sign warning that illegally parked cars would be removed.
The towing company added that the manager of the store contacted them, asking them to pull the vehicles off its property, and that the only way people could get their cars was to pay the $380 towing fee.
Fox News Digital reached out to Gotcha Towing & Recovery, who refused to comment on the incident.
Fox News Digital also reached out to Dunkin' for comment.
