Michigan Trump Republicans are in the crosshairs in the wake of the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, and death threats fired at a Saginaw venue set to host a dinner event in support of the president recently forced the owners to shut it down.

G’s Pizzeria Bar & Grill posted an announcement to its Facebook page on Saturday to explain why they were forced to cancel the Sept. 11 Michigan Trump Republicans event, WJRT reports.

“The event was created by the Republicans of Saginaw in which they planned on hosting a private dinner event for their constituents at G’s Pizzeria Bar & Grill of Saginaw. Through various media outlets and individuals on social media platforms, the event was misconstrued into being defined as a ‘rally’ for the Republican Party,” the statement read.

“Due to this misconstrued perspective of the event by the media and public, numerous amounts of threats, protest, and negative communication have been received by G’s Pizzeria & Grill of Saginaw,” it continued. “To secure the safety of G’s Pizzeria’s staff, customers, and the local community, they find it in their best interest to cancel said event.”

The event, advertised by Michigan Trump Republicans with a flyer that read “Trump We’ve Got Your Back,” was set to feature Rep. Tim Kelly, Dr. Jim Hines, Justice Bob Young Jr., and Sen. Patrick Colbeck as speakers, WJRT reports.

One of the misleading news reports came from the Detroit Metro Times, which highlighted upcoming “rallies” in Howell, Saginaw, and “Hesparia,” which is actually spelled Hesperia.

“According to the group’s website, four rallies are set to be held now through early October in locations ranging from Howell to Saginaw,” the Metro Times reported. “Meanwhile, the Metro-Detroit Political Action Network will hold a protest against MTR during their September 19 rally at the American Polish Center of Troy.”

The site provided information to sign up for both “rallies.”

Meshawn Maddock, founder and co-chairwoman of Michigan Trump Republicans, told Mlive G’s Pizzeria isn’t the only one to receive death threats from liberals over. MTR members have also faced threats and accusations of being racist on Facebook and elsewhere, she said.

“We’ve also been personally victimized this way,” she said.

Maddock said the intent of the group, which is not affiliated with the state’s Republican Party, is to discuss news, field questions, and update supporters about the president’s progress in hopes of re-electing Trump to a second term in 2020.

“Now more than ever we just feel compelled to share we are protecting our president. We’re doubling down and we are here to protect him,” Maddock said. “We want to support other candidates that support President Trump’s agenda.”

Maddock said the president needs supporters because “there is an absolute concerted effort to try and remove Mr. Trump from his presidency.”

Maddock said MTR rejects claims that the president is racist, and said both MTR and the president “abhor those people” who rallied in the name of white supremacy in Charlottesville.

“There are people that are fanning the flames. I think there are good people that are being manipulated into thinking bad things,” she said.

“For him to be labeled as a racist is horrible to me,” Maddock said, pointing out that Trump’s son-in-law is Jewish and the president has hired both women and minorities to staff the White House.

Maddock also pointed out that the hate directed at Trump is coming from throughout the political spectrum.

“I don’t just blame the left,” she said. “I hate to say it it’s people within our own party. We elected him. We gave him a job to do.”

Despite the threats, however, MTR simply rescheduled the Saginaw event for the next day at a different G’s Pizzeria in West Branch.

“We applaud G’s Pizzeria and the Galea family for their stand for everyone’s constitutional first amendment rights and their strong community presence,” Maddock said.

She also noted that the publicity surrounding the threats to MTR has significantly boosted registration for the group’s events, forcing them to search out other, larger venues.

A meeting in Howell on Aug. 15 drew 200 people, Mlive reports.