Trump holds fiery rally but crowd disappoints

US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the BOK Center on June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. – Hundreds of supporters lined up early for Donald Trump’s first political rally in months, saying the risk of contracting COVID-19 in a big, packed arena would not keep them from hearing the president’s campaign message.

The event — which the White House promised would be flooded with up to 100,000 people, but actually did not fill the 19,000-seat arena where Trump spoke — has emerged as a flashpoint in the pandemic era. And he suggested that the “double-edged sword” of comprehensive coronavirus testing had led to the United States having the world’s highest number of cases.

“If you see it happening on November 3,” he said of America’s potential rebound, “you don’t have the guts to vote against Trump.”He notably steered clear until well into his one-hour, 45-minute speech of the racial tensions that have swept the country in the weeks since a handcuffed African American, George Floyd, was killed by police in Minneapolis.

“Today we’re here to show we support President Trump and that we, the people, we’ll win the 2020 election, no matter what the fake news media and another liberal, leftist, mind-controlling big firms are saying,” said attendee Brad, who declined to provide his last name.

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