Donald Trump announced the postponement to another date of the large electoral meeting which was planned in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 19, the day to commemorate the end of slavery. The announcement of this meeting, on this symbolic date, in a city which was the scene of some of the worst racial riots in American history, had been very badly received.
Donald Trump announced Friday on Twitter that this meeting, which was to really launch the campaign of the American president for his re-election, would be postponed, "out of respect for the date" of June 19 and what it represents, without further details.
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Critics had deemed Tulsa's choice a provocation, coming after the death of George Floyd and the massive protests against racism and police violence that followed. "It is not just a nod to the white supremacists, it is downright a big party for them," tweeted just after the meeting was announced by Senator Kamala Harris.
This isn't just a wink to white supremacists — he's throwing them a welcome home party. https://t.co/lUXpnUoFQU
- Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 11, 2020The billionaire announced Wednesday that he would resume his campaign, stopped by the coronavirus, with large meetings in four states, Oklahoma, Florida, Arizona and North Carolina, despite the fact that the epidemic is far from over in the States -United. The president’s campaigners believed that the major anti-racism protests that followed Floyd’s death showed that people were not afraid of large rallies, and that there was therefore no reason not to resume the campaign. Participants in these meetings must, however, sign a document saying that they will waive all prosecution if they ever catch the virus on this occasion.
These large meetings are one of Trump's favorite means of mobilizing his electoral base. For now, he is outstripped in the polls, for the presidential election of November 3, by the democrat Joe Biden.
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