The rally in Tulsa — a city with its own troubling history on race, where a once-thriving African American business community was decimated by a racist white mob in 1921— will take place on Juneteenth, the commemoration of the ending of slavery in the US.
Trump carried Oklahoma by more than 36 percentage points in 2016, more than doubling the vote the total of his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton.
State health officials say 47 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Tulsa County on Tuesday, the most recent county data available. That brought the overall total of cases reported to the county to 1,308. The number of current active cases was put at 274, an 13% increase from Monday. One new death brought the county’s COVID-19 death toll to 973.
Campaign officials did not respond to questions about why Tulsa was chosen and what safety precautions would be taken for those who attend.
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