Trump to hold rally in Wisconsin county facing record-breaking coronavirus cases
Source: ABC News
President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Wisconsin on Thursday will not only kick off a precarious string of large, in-person campaign events for the president across crucial swing states, but it'll also be held in a state and county that's seeing a spike in coronavirus cases as the country nears 200,000 deaths from the pandemic.
The rally, taking place at an airport hangar in Mosinee, Wisconsin, comes as the county hosting the event, Marathon County, saw 925 positive coronavirus cases as of Sept. 16 and as the president publicly clashed with the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over a timeline for a vaccine.
After a brief pause in packed rallies over the summer, the president has returned to full-steam ahead with less than 50 days to go until Election Day. He has begun holding multiple packed rallies each week that often break local guidelines and ignore the recommendations his own administration is promoting, though in Wisconsin and nationally, Trump continues to trail Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the polls.
"This week, the COVID-19 activity level for Marathon County is: HIGH," reads the county's coronavirus online dashboard. "High" is defined as a "significant increase in cases in the past two weeks."
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-hold-rally-wisconsin-county-facing-record-breaking/story?id=73079882&cid=clicksource_4380645_1_heads_hero_live_hero_hed
sakabatou
(42,174 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)They should be running an ad BEFORE he gets there. With clips of stories about other rallies causing rises in infections. And with a projection about how many estimated lives he will take by holding the rally. For Wisconsins to anticipate that.
Oh yeah, and also include the sound clip of him explaining that he's not worried because he is so far away from the crowd.
bucolic_frolic
(43,287 posts)There is just no downside to this policy.
WhoWoodaKnew
(847 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)What could go wrong?
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)BlueWavePsych
(2,640 posts)summer_in_TX
(2,752 posts)Online events just don't cut it for him. No frenzy, no feeling that they adore him and will do anything for him, even commit violence.
Besides, as a psychopath he doesn't care at all that he's exposing his fans to the virus. After all, he's quoted by Olivia Troye, former Pence aide for the coronavirus task force, calling them disgusting people.
It only makes it better that it'll sicken people in states where the governors have criticized him. He LOVES flouting the rules, being so powerful no one can stop him. He gets satisfaction from satisfying his vindictive side.
I realized that today after reading this article on Kremlin disinformation from an expert on it, Zarina Zabrisky.
Big Lies and Rotten Herrings: 17 Kremlin Disinformation Techniques You Need to Know Now
[link:https://bylinetimes.com/2020/03/04/big-lies-and-rotten-herrings-17-kremlin-disinformation-techniques-you-need-to-know-now/?fbclid=IwAR2M-lEtTgr7bYuglKLZhOi9pg3O47km5qhQViSGwQr3vau3MrX-h9H-HVQ|
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)the orange son-of-a-bitch will get that vicious bug and die. I'm not holding my breath about any Dog or heaven interceding in the presidential election though.
texasfiddler
(1,990 posts)Bengus81
(6,932 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)On Thursday, the day he appeared in this rally, we had our first 2,000 case day.
Because of "Mary's uncle", it won't be the last.
Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)I haven't heard anything about that yet.
Greybnk48
(10,176 posts)2500+ new cases in Wisconsin today. Its been like this for a week!