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Monday 22 June 2020

Trump rally highlights vulnerabilities heading into election

By STEVE PEOPLES and JON- did not wear face masks
ATHAN LEMIRE as recommended by the
Associated Press Trump administration's
NEW YORK (AP) — Presi- health experts. After the
dent Donald Trump's return rally, the president berated
to the campaign trail was aides over the turnout. He
designed to show strength fumed that he had been
and enthusiasm heading led to believe he would
into the critical final months see huge crowds in deep-
before an election that will red Oklahoma, according
decide whether he remains to two White House and
in the White House. Instead, campaign officials who
his weekend rally in Okla- spoke on condition of ano-
homa highlighted growing nymity because they were
vulnerabilities and crystal- not authorized to speak
lized a divisive reelection publicly about private con-
message that largely ig- versations. There was no
nores broad swaths of vot- sign of an imminent staff
ers — independents, sub- shakeup, but members of
urban women and people Trump's inner circle angrily
of color — who could play questioned how campaign
a crucial role in choos- manager Brad Parscale
ing Trump or Democratic and other senior aides
challenger Joe Biden. The President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, early Sunday, could so wildly overpromise
lower-than-expected turn- June 21, 2020, after stepping off Marine One as he returns from a campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla. and underdeliver, accord-
Associated Press
out at the comeback ral- ing to the officials.
ly, in particular, left Trump Minnesota police late last independents and edu- had requested tickets. They Publicly, Trump's team
fuming. "There's really only month sparked a national cated voters — particularly also ignored health warn- scrambled to blame the
one strategy left for him, uprising over police brutal- suburban women — have ings from the White House crowd size on media cov-
and that is to propel that ity. But he did add new fuel turned against him. Repub- coronavirus task force and erage and protesters out-
rage and anger and try to to the nation's culture wars, lican strategists increasingly Oklahoma officials, eager side the venue, but the
split the society and see if defending Confederate believe that only a dramat- to host an event that would small crowds of pre-rally
he can have a tribal lead- statues while making racist ic turnaround in the econ- help him move past the demonstrators were large-
ership win here," former references to the corona- omy can revive his reelec- civil rights protests and the ly peaceful. Tulsa police
Trump adviser-turned-critic virus, which originated in tion aspirations. coronavirus itself. reported just one arrest
Anthony Scaramucci said China and which he called "It's bad," said Republican His first rally in 110 days was Saturday afternoon. It's
on CNN's "Reliable Sourc- "kung flu." He also said Dem- operative Rick Tyler, a fre- meant to be a defiant dis- unclear when Trump will
es." The president did not ocratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, quent Trump critic. "There's play of political force to hold his next rally. Before
offer even a token refer- who came to the U.S. as a literally nothing to run on. help energize Trump's spir- Oklahoma, the campaign
ence to national unity in re- refugee as a child, whom The only thing he can say is its, try out some attacks on had planned to finalize
marks that spanned more he said "would like to make that Biden is worse." Biden and serve as a pow- and announce its next
than an hour and 40 min- the government of our But the day after Trump's erful symbol of American's rally this week. Trump is al-
utes at his self-described country just like the coun- Tulsa rally, the president's re-opening. ready scheduled to make
campaign relaunch as the try from where she came, message was almost an Instead, the city fire mar- appearances Tuesday in
nation grappled with surg- Somalia." Trump won the afterthought as aides tried shal's office reported a Arizona and Thursday in
ing coronavirus infections, presidency in 2016 with a to explain away a smaller- crowd of just less than 6,200 Wisconsin. Both are major
the worst unemployment similar red-meat message than-expected crowd that in the 19,000-seat BOK Cen- general election battle-
since the Great Depression aimed largely at energizing left the president outraged. ter, and at least six staff grounds. At least one swing
and sweeping civil unrest. conservatives and white The campaign had been members who helped set state governor, mean-
Nor did Trump mention working-class men. But less betting big on Tulsa. up the event tested posi- while, says Trump would
George Floyd, the Afri- than four months before Trump's political team spent tive for the coronavirus. not be welcome to host a
can American man whose early voting begins in some days proclaiming that The vast majority of the at- rally in her state amid the
death at the hands of states, there are signs that more than 1 million people tendees, including Trump, pandemic.q

Hundreds test positive at Tyson Foods plant in Arkansas

By TAMARA LUSH members, and we work closely The announcement out of China There have been several other
Associated Press with the US Department of Agri- on Sunday gave no details of the COVID-19 outbreaks at Tyson
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tyson culture’s Food Safety and Inspec- quantity of meat affected. plants around the United States,
Foods is looking into reports that tion Service to ensure that we pro- On Friday, Tyson Foods an- including in North Carolina, Ne-
China’s customs agency has sus- duce all of our food in full com- nounced the results of coronavi- braska, and Iowa.
pended poultry imports from a pliance with government safety rus testing at its facilities in Benton In November, China lifted a five-
Tyson facility in the United States requirements,” wrote spokesman and Washington Counties, Arkan- year ban on U.S. poultry. China
after coronavirus cases were con- Gary Mickelson in an email to The sas, and said that about 95 per- had blocked U.S. poultry imports
firmed among its employees. Associated Press. cent of employees who ultimately a month after an outbreak of avi-
A Tyson spokesman said Sunday He added that all global and U.S. tested positive for the virus didn’t an influenza in December 2014,
that the plant in question is in health organizations agree that show any symptoms. Of the 3,748 closing off a market that brought
Springdale, Arkansas. there is no evidence to support employees tested, 481 tested more than $500 million worth of
“At Tyson, our top priority is the transmission of COVID-19 associ- positive for COVID-19, and 455 American chicken, turkey and
health and safety of our team ated with food. were asymptomatic. other poultry products in 2013.q