The Trump campaign is planning an outdoor rally on Saturday in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Washington:
Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has made the decision to “strongly encourage” the masks at the Republican President’s next rally as a precaution, the White House chief of staff said on Monday.
The Trump campaign is planning an outdoor rally on Saturday in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
“Obviously we look forward to being in Granite State and coming back with the people of New Hampshire, and when we look at that, it’s more of a precautionary factor,” said Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in an interview with Fox News.
In announcing Saturday’s rally in Portsmouth, the campaign said: “There will be wide access to hand sanitizer and all participants will receive a face mask which they are strongly encouraged to wear.”
The change comes after Trump’s indoor rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, last month, drew attention to the fact that there are no restrictions on coronaviruses, including social distancing and masks.
Masks have been distributed in Tulsa but not specifically encouraged. Trump has refused to wear a mask in public or recommend that others do, contrary to messages from U.S. health experts on the White House coronavirus task force.
At least eight campaign staff members who were in Tulsa for the June 20 rally have tested positive.
In addition, Kimberly Guilfoyle, a senior campaign official and the girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr., tested positive, and former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said last week that he had contracted the virus. Both attended the Tulsa rally.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany added on Fox: “So the campaign was very clear: not only will we be distributing masks, but we recommend wearing these masks. It is very important to follow the guidelines of the CDC. “
Trump’s vacation before July 4 at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, on Friday drew 7,500 people, crowded into an outdoor amphitheater. Masks were not necessary and many people did not wear them.
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