The president’s plan to address a crowd of thousands at Mount Rushmore, where the state’s Republican governor says social distancing will not be enforced, comes against as the U.S. hit a new single-day record of 50,000 new cases.
People queue in their cars to get COVID-19 tests administered by the Florida Army National Guard, the City of Miami Beach and the Florida Department of Health, at Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, July 1, 2020. Florida now has a total of 158,997 confirmed cases and 3,550 deaths.
Beach-goers are seen on the beach after a mandate to wear face masks in public spaces went into effect on June 30, 2020, in Miami Beach, Fla. Vice President Mike Pence, right, walks with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, left, as the two head to a meeting to discuss the surge in coronavirus cases Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Phoenix.Two days after visiting another hotspot, Arizona, Vice President Mike Pence traveled to Tampa Thursday as Florida grabbed with a record-setting pace of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations over the last few weeks.that he and Trump support Florida Gov.
But in teasing forward to the display that he has long pushed for as president, the president seemed unaware of the environmental risks.
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