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| U.S. President Donald Trump blows a kiss as he concludes a campaign rally with his supporters held in Henderson, Nevada, U.S. September 13, 2020. (Photo by: Reuters/ Jonathan Ernst) |
[Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] President Donald Trump held a Nevada campaign rally at an indoor venue on Sunday despite public health professionals’ warnings against large indoor gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump, a Republican, railed against his Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, suggesting he was taking drugs and was soft on crime.People in the crowd were seated close together and many did not wear masks.Biden has criticized Trump for holding campaign events that put people at risk of contracting the coronavirus, which has killed more than 194,000 people in the United States.
The president’s campaign portrayed the rally at a large warehouse in Henderson as an opportunity for supporters to exercise their rights to peaceful assembly under the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.Participants were to have temperatures taken before entry and be given a mask they would be encouraged to wear, the campaign said. Trump, who is trailing Biden in national polls and in Nevada, has stepped up the frequency of his rallies in recent weeks, but has held most of them at outdoor venues or in large open airplane hangars to help lower risk.
