Trump slams protests, defends pandemic response as Tulsa crowd underwhelms

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[TULSA] President Donald Trump, addressing a less-than-full arena for his first political rally in months, blasted anti-racism protests and defended his handling of the coronavirus on Saturday in a bid to reinvigorate his re-election campaign. Read more at The Business Times.

The president, who has encouraged a militaristic response to the nationwide demonstrations while being accused of showing a lack of empathy for the plight of Black Americans, used his speech to take aim at some of the protesters.

Mr Trump defended his response to Covid-19, saying more testing had led to identifying more cases, seemingly to his chagrin. "I'm not concerned about it. I think it's mostly a hoax," attendee Will Williams, 46, said of the coronavirus, questioning why Democrats were not more concerned about people who die from drug overdoses. Mr Williams did not wear a mask.

Mr Trump warned that, unless he was re-elected, all Americans would endure the"chaos you're seeing in our Democratic-run cities". "Overwhelmingly these encounters have been peaceful with everyone attempting to share their views," Tulsa Police wrote on Twitter.

 

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