Trump Defense of Indoor Rally Focuses on His Safety, Not Crowd’s

Donald Trump defended holding an indoor campaign rally in Henderson, Nevada, on Sunday despite the ongoing pandemic, telling the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he wasn’t personally in any danger.

“I’m on a stage and it’s very far away,” Trump told the newspaper in an interview. “And so I’m not at all concerned.”

Trump’s rally at a Henderson warehouse was the campaign’s first such event indoors in nearly three months. Thousands of the president’s supporters attended the event, and few of them practiced social distancing or wore masks to protect against the coronavirus.

President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Henderson, Nevada, on Sunday.

Photographer: Roger Kisby/Bloomberg

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