It's not just a rally: Trump to relaunch campaign in Tulsa
by David M. Drucker, Senior Political Correspondent |
| June 19, 2020 07:00 AM
President Trump is relaunching his reelection bid less than five months before Election Day, using his first rally since the coronavirus put political gatherings on ice to jolt a stalled campaign and reclaim the offensive from presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Trump’s Saturday rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, his first since March 2, comes one year after kicking off his reelection campaign in Orlando, Florida. Tacitly acknowledging the president’s deteriorated standing amid a pandemic, economic decline, and civil unrest, the Trump campaign is moving to cut into Biden’s lead and reframe the contest. The celebration in Tulsa promises all of the extravagances that marked the beginning of the president’s quest for a second term last June in Florida.
“This is the first reawakening of the presidential contest because you haven’t had any kind of public rallies or public meetings for the past three months,†said John Couvillon, a Republican pollster in Louisiana.
The Trump campaign is hosting an outdoor entertainment festival in Tulsa for the thousands expected to gather outside the arena before the rally and flying in a planeload of prominent Republicans to amplify the president’s message.
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