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Officials for
both the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee
said the session is the type of typical meeting that takes place
in the middle of a presidential campaign with three months to go
until the Nov. 8 election.
Trump was not expected to attend the Orlando gathering after
staging a rally near here on Thursday. He is to hold separate
events on Friday in Erie and Altoona, Pennsylvania.
The New York businessman is struggling to get past a rough patch
during which he has suggested gun rights activists could take
action against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, a statement
he said was aimed at rallying votes against her.
He is currently behind Clinton in opinion polls, and many
Republicans are alarmed that not only could the party lose the
chance to win the White House but that Republican majorities in
the Senate and House of Representatives could be at stake.
In recent weeks Trump has seen a steady stream of moderate
Republicans vow not to support him, such as U.S. Senator Susan
Collins of Maine, while 50 Republican national security experts
signed a letter opposing him.
Trump has blamed the U.S. news media for taking many of his
comments out of context, and on Thursday night, some of his
supporters heckled and cursed reporters who covered his rally in
a large arena in nearby Kissimmee.
(Reporting By Steve Holland; Editing by Richard Pullin)
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