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June 18, 2020

Tulsa Mayor "Not Positive That Everything Is Safe" as 19,000 Plan to Attend Trump Rally
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In Oklahoma, Tulsa's Republican Mayor G.T. Bynum said Wednesday he will
not be attending President Trump's first campaign rally since the start
of the pandemic on Saturday, telling reporters, "I'm not positive that
everything is safe." Nineteen thousand people are expected to pack an
arena for Trump's rally, and city officials say they're expecting up to
100,000 Trump supporters to descend on Tulsa for the president's visit.
While the Trump campaign is demanding that the attendees sign a waiver
to absolve them of responsibility in case they get COVID-19, they are
not requiring that attendees wear masks.


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