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Source: The Guardian
Marc Lotter says some people should stay away, but defends Trumps decision to hold indoor rally during pandemic
Oliver Laughland in Tulsa, Oklahoma
@oliverlaughland
Published on Thu 18 Jun 2020 19.26 BST
A senior Trump campaign official has advised those at high risk of severe illness from Covid-19 not to attend the presidents campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma as coronavirus cases in the state continue to spike and tensions in the city rise before the event on Saturday.
Marc Lotter, the Trump campaigns director of strategic communications, told the Guardian he would encourage those in high risk categories to watch the rally on television, but defended the presidents decision to hold a mass indoor rally during the pandemic, despite local health officials urging the campaign to reschedule.
I personally would encourage anyone who might find themselves to be in one of the high risk categories and encourage them not to come. Watch it on television, protect yourself, protect your family if someone in your direct family has those kinds of high risk factors, Lotter said in an interview outside Tulsas 19,000 capacity BOK arena, where Trump is due to appear.
The CDC lists high-risk individuals as those over the age of 65, people living in care facilities or nursing homes, and those with certain underlying health conditions.
The Trump campaigns public event invitation offers no guidance on those at greater risk, and requires attendees to agree to a waiver acknowledging they will not hold the campaign and other entities liable should they contract the virus.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/18/trump-rally-coronavirus-fears-high-risk
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Terminal stupidity?
Arkansas Granny
(31,528 posts)Corgigal
(9,291 posts)because Trump misses people clapping for him. Youre killing your own voters, and were going to get those numbers by tracing. Youre going to try to hide it, but we will get the names of your coliseum clappers, and watch hospital admissions.
Youre too much of cowards to get the old silly man to listen to you. You also wont quit, because only you can handle this guy. Now, youre going to allow him to kill anti science people.
We will blame you. Fuck you Marc Lotter.
Arkansas Granny
(31,528 posts)my guess is that very few will be seen. Those who attend are going to be yelling and breathing each other's droplets for hours.
Andy823
(11,495 posts)are 65 or older, look like they have all kinds of health problems. The trump team also knows that the die hard trumpers will come no matter what. That's why they have sign a contract so they can't sue trump if they do get sick!