Trump’s Tulsa flop is a boost for Biden
by Naomi Lim, Political Reporter |
| June 22, 2020 01:50 PM
President Trump was goading Joe Biden into returning early to the campaign trail. But that pressure valve's been released after a flawed foray in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Before last Saturday, Trump and his team bragged that 1 million people had clamored for tickets to his comeback rally in Tulsa. The event, his first rally since March, was scheduled despite federal, state, and local officials warnings it shouldn't be staged during the COVID-19 outbreak. Plans were even made for an overflow crowd on top of the Bank of Oklahoma Center's 19,000-person capacity.
Yet only 6,200 people turned up, occupying less than half the arena. And a second speech to the overflow group was scrapped.
Hours earlier, the Trump camp revealed that six staffers tasked with organizing the gathering had tested positive for the coronavirus.
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