'My supporters are very smart,' President Donald Trump said. 'A lot of them wear masks and some don't.'
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his campaign events provide a safe environment in regards to the spread of the coronavirus. Meanwhile, the U.S. recorded over 200,000 fatalities attributable to the virus in fewer than eight months.
"Everything that I've read and everything that I've seen is 'outside is better' in terms of COVID or as I call it the China virus, right?" Trump added."But COVID. I think we have a very safe environment."Trump also said that the only pushback he had received from holding rallies at outdoor venues, such as airplane hangars, was because attendance ran between 30,000 and 40,000 people.
Virus projection modeling from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington indicated there could be 378,321 deaths due to COVID-19 by the beginning of 2021.Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi commemorated the deaths with a moment of silence on the floor of the House on Tuesday. In a statement, Pelosi said President Trump's"contempt for science, governance and the health of the American people has led to an historic national tragedy.
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