Trump postpones Hispanic roundtable

Donald Trump’s campaign is postponing its Hispanic leadership roundtable for the second time, citing a scheduling snag.

The Republican presidential nominee had planned to host a handful of influential Florida Hispanic leaders at a private lunch in Miami in early July but had to reschedule in the wake of the Dallas shooting that left five police offers dead the night before the event. 

{mosads}The campaign had hoped to hold the event Tuesday, but a top Trump aide told the Miami Herald the campaign had to scrap the lunch.

“The participants that were supposed to be part of the original roundtable are not in town,” Trump national political adviser Karen Giorno told the paper.

“We’re going to wait until we can get them.”

The Herald said Trump will still fundraise at his Miami golf resort Tuesday night. He also added a Wednesday morning speech at the resort. 

The initial event was set to include a handful of prominent Floridians, including Sen. Marco Rubio — who ran against Trump in the GOP presidential primary — Gov. Rick Scott (R) and Lt. Gov. Carlos López-Cantera, according to the Herald.

Rubio is still open to attending the event, a spokesperson said, but it would depend on his schedule, which has filled out since he announced plans to seek reelection to the Senate. He had fundraising events in Boca Raton and Chicago on Tuesday, the proposed date of Trump’s roundtable.

Trump has had difficulty wooing Hispanics, even Hispanic conservatives, to his side after he opened his campaign by criticizing Mexican immigrants.

An NBC/Wall Street Journal/Telemundo poll from last week found that 76 percent of registered Hispanic voters back presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, compared to just 14 percent who back Trump.