President Donald Trump rallied a crowd of largely mask-less student supporters in Phoenix, claiming Democrats were trying to keep the country “shut down” during the coronavirus pandemic in order to hurt the economy before the election.
“They are trying to do their best to keep the country shut down and closed because they’d love those numbers not to be good,” Trump told the crowd, after insisting the U.S. would see good economic growth during the third quarter, before the 2020 election. “There’s not a lot they can do about it.”
Trump referenced the coronavirus throughout his remarks, repeatedly calling it “the plague” and at one point claiming it was “going away.” Trump also twice referred to the virus as the “kung flu,” a term that was widely condemned as racist when he used it at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla, over the weekend. The term prompted cheers from the crowd Tuesday.
“We are going to be stronger than ever before and it’s going to be soon,” Trump said of the coronavirus, touting his “swift and early action” to ban travel from China at the beginning of February in order to prevent the spread of the disease.
Roughly 3,000 young attendees were expected to attend Tuesday’s event in Arizona, a state that has experienced significant spikes in coronavirus cases as it has relaxed restrictions to allow businesses to reopen. Arizona reported nearly 3,600 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, a record for daily cases.
Few of those in the crowd at Dream City Church in Phoenix were seen wearing masks, which are recommended to prevent the asymptomatic spread of the coronavirus. The venue was filled with a sea of young Trump supporters sitting close together, though some empty seats were visible in parts of the church. The event was described as an address to young Americans but was sponsored by “Turning Point USA,” a young conservative group run by Trump supporter Charlie Kirk.
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