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PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN IS ADDING “TELE-RALLIES” TO ITS EVENT SCHEDULE.
THE FIRST ONE WAS DIRECTED AT WISCONSIN VOTERS FRIDAY.
DURING THE 23-MINUTE PHONE CALL … TRUMP MADE CLEAR TO HIS SUPPORTERS THAT HIS CAMPAIGN IS NOT RULING OUT IN-PERSON RALLIES COMPLETELY.
BUT UNTIL THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS SOLVED, HE WILL BE DOING TELEPHONE RALLIES.
HE ALSO USED HIS 23-MINUTE CHAT TO CRITICIZE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE JOE BIDEN.
TRUMP’S LAST IN-PERSON RALLY WAS HELD IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA IN LATE JUNE.
THE EVENT DREW THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS AND PROTESTERS.
A FEW DAYS LATER TULSA COUNTY REPORTED A DRAMATIC RECORD SETTING SURGE IN NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES.
TULSA CITY-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR DR. BRUCE DART SAYS THE TRUMP RALLY MOST LIKELY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SPIKE IN CORONAVIRUS CASES.
POSTED – 7.19.20