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DesertRat

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Tue Jun 23, 2020, 12:43 PM Jun 2020

Trump's Arizona trip takes him to coronavirus hot spot [View all]

PHOENIX (AP) — President Donald Trump’s latest campaign stops Tuesday will take him to one of the nation’s biggest hot spots for the coronavirus outbreak.

With cases soaring in Arizona and hospitals growing increasingly crowded with COVID-19 patients, the state has become a leading battleground in the politically charged debate about mask-wearing, which the president has fanned.

Trump is scheduled to visit Yuma to look at the border wall he’s championed before flying to Phoenix to speak at a “Students for Trump” rally. Both cities and counties he’ll visit have ordered people to wear masks in public — a step the president has resisted, even while touring a mask factory during his last stop in Arizona on May 5.

Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, a Democrat, said Monday she doesn’t think the president can safely hold his planned event in her city, and called on him to wear a mask.

“Everyone attending tomorrow’s event, particularly any elected official, should set an example to residents by wearing a mask,” Gallego said in a statement. “This includes the President.”

https://apnews.com/1218493d6a0f85c0afa92626a365020c










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I wonder how many are paid actors. Doodley Jun 2020 #1
Gee Tim leftieNanner Jun 2020 #2
Covidiots DesertRat Jun 2020 #4
Oh my! leftieNanner Jun 2020 #5
Same here DesertRat Jun 2020 #8
They have a bleach mist in the building keeping everyone safe. pwb Jun 2020 #3
What could go wrong? kimbutgar Jun 2020 #6
It's supposed to be 110 today DesertRat Jun 2020 #9
Maybe their new air treatment system was to take the roof off? ArizonaLib Jun 2020 #13
Hope those Ozone Wellstone ruled Jun 2020 #7
Snake oil salesmen DesertRat Jun 2020 #10
Worked on a Clean Room Job Wellstone ruled Jun 2020 #11
110 degrees? SeattleVet Jun 2020 #12
Magically our numbers have been skyrocketing DesertRat Jun 2020 #14
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