Trump wraps up Tulsa rally in which he called to 'slow the testing' on coronavirus, as a less-than-capacity crowd went largely without masks
The Daily BriefingPresident Donald Trump boasted of his administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic and again blamed China for spreading the virus.
Addressing recent Supreme Court decisions on the DACA and LGBTQ rights that brought criticism from conservatives, Trump said it felt like the Supreme Court was almost like"a minority court." Some conservative justices had sided with the court's liberal wing in the decisions this week. Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion in Bostock v. Clayton County, which ruled that federal civil rights law allowed protections for LGBTQ workers.TULSA, Okla. – President Donald Trump addressed recent demonstrations that have led to the removal of several Confederate statues around the country amid a national conversation on the country's troubled history with race.
"They want to demolish our heritage so they can impose their new oppressive regime in its place. They want to defund and dissolve our police departments. Think of that," he added. "Trump just completed the racism trifecta in a three-minute span," the Democratic National Committee posted on Twitter, noting the use of the term alongside his use of the term"tough hombres" and his discussion of Confederate “heritage”
Public health officials have discouraged terms that associate a pandemic with a place. Trump frequently used"Chinese virus" in the early weeks of the pandemic but stopped using it as frequently. Anti-Trump groups seized on the moment and released ads insinuating the president's health was in decline.President Donald Trump boasted of his administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic and again blamed China for spreading the virus.
Jonathan Reiner, professor of medicine at George Washington University, said delaying widespread testing resulted"in the needless deaths of thousands of Americans." In explaining the decision to cancel the outdoor event, Trump said that “we had some very bad people outside they were doing bad things.”
Campaign officials said earlier this week they received one million requests for tickets and constructed an overflow stage outside the arena to accommodate the anticipated crowds of hundreds of thousands. At least two of the six people involved with planning President Donald Trump’s high-stakes campaign rally in Tulsa on Saturday who tested positive for coronavirus are members of the U.S. Secret Service, USA TODAY has learned.
“Per safety protocols, campaign staff are tested for COVID-19 before events. Six members of the advance team tested positive out of hundreds of tests performed, and quarantine procedures were immediately implemented,” Tim Murtaugh, the communications director for Trump’s campaign, said in a statement.President Donald Trump's campaign canceled planned outdoor speeches before his rally at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
"If you come to the rally and don’t get into the BOK Center before it’s full, you can still see the President in person!" he wrote.As the Trump campaign has faced criticism for the scheduling of its Tulsa rally – and the president’s response to Black Lives Matter protests – Vice President Mike Pence told a group of Black pastors Saturday that there is"no excuse" for the death of George Floyd.
He later told the Wall Street Journal that"nobody had ever heard" of the Juneteenth holiday before the controversy. Supporters have been gathering for days outside the 19,000-seat BOK Center for the rally, which marks Trump’s return to the campaign trail after a three-month hiatus because of the pandemic. Public health officials have raised concerns about the event, perhaps the largest indoor gathering in the U.S. since the virus hit.
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