Ahead of Tulsa rally, Pence says Oklahoma has 'flattened the curve' of COVID cases, but data shows otherwise

“Oklahoma has really been in the forefront of our efforts to slow the spread, and, in a very real sense, they flattened the curve, and today their hospital capacity is abundant,” Pence said Monday at a White House roundtable discussion with the president on senior citizens. “The number of cases in Oklahoma is declining precipitously, and we feel very confident going forward.”

In truth, Oklahoma has not flattened the curve since a relative dip in late May. While Oklahoma reported just 41 new cases of COVID-19 on May 28, the lowest number it had recorded since late March, the number of positive tests has risen since then. Over the weekend, the state set records for the number of new cases on both Saturday and Sunday . On Monday, the state reported another 186 new cases.

Oklahoma is one of 21 states that have seen coronavirus infections rise since Memorial Day weekend, when governors across the nation began loosening social distancing orders. Since then, large protests erupted in cities and towns across the country in response to the death of George Floyd, worrying health experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci about a resurgence of the virus.

The Trump campaign has said it has so far received more than 1 million requests for tickets to next Saturday’s rally. Since the BOK Center only holds 19,000 people, Trump said Monday that up to 40,000 additional attendees would be admitted to the Tulsa convention center to watch a simulcast of his speech. But that venue, which was renamed the Cox Business Convention Center in 2013, only has a capacity of 8,900.

ImpeachBillBarr The curve has indeed flattened... At record highs. VP

For a 'Christian' he lies a lot. Geez!

MikePence 'Don't worry Mr President I won't tell the world StormyDaniels was right when she called you TinyTrump'

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do they know someone will fact check his comments

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I wonder when Karen Pence sees how easily Mike Pence lies to the American people; I’ve wonder if she ever suspects he also lies to her face. He’s a very good liar. I also wonder if she acts like a “Karen” when she catches him talking to a Victoria?

targteacher So realdonaldtrump's solution to the pandemic is to pretend there isn't one. 120,000 Americans are dead.

You guys are losing... 33 retweets in 23 hours. Congrats... you are more irrelevant than ever...

Tulsa is hitting all-time highs of recent. I don’t know where Pence is getting this data.

JustWhatNowWhy Pence. Is. Lying.

He’s become quite the liar

At least you put one honest part in your story...the one that actually matters. 'To date, Oklahoma has conducted 234,586 COVID-19 tests, and the overall positive rate has been below 5 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.'

Data shows the US has the lowest number of deaths since late March. Data shows we peaked relative to testing in early April. Media says Wisconsin should all be dead by now, meanwhile we have the lowest number of cases since the pandemic. Get over it already...the rest of us are.

They are doing what they do best, lie

Well, that's a big fat lie

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Fact check Yahoo. Covid-19 is a communicable disease. The quarantines were never meant to eliminate the disease, but were meant to give hospitals and such time to ramp up for the expected number of cases.

What a surprise, the Trump Administration lying!!

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