Hillary Clinton to Trump: Don’t hold Tulsa campaign rally if you need coronavirus liability waiver

Trump’s campaign already had caused controversy for picking Tulsa and that particular date for the rally.

Tulsa was the site of the 1921 Greenwood Massacre, in which about 300 Black people were killed by a white mob that also burned the neighborhood known as “Black Wall Street.”

June 19 is also known as Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.

“The African-American community is very near and dear to his heart,” McEnany said Thursday of Trump. “At these rallies he often shares the great work he has done for minority communities.”

“”He’s working on rectifying injustices,” McEnany added.

“So, it’s a meaningful day to him, and it’s a day where he wants to share some of the progress that’s been made as we look forward and more that needs to be done.”

But Sen. Kamala Harris of California, who is Black and is considered a leading contender for the Democratic vice presidential nomination, tweeted that Trump’s selection of Tulsa on Juneteenth for his rally “isn’t just a wink to white supremacists — he’s throwing them a welcome home party.”

Trump’s polling numbers relative to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden‘s have fallen during the coronavirus outbreak and in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd.

Floyd’s death on Memorial Day at the hands of police has led to weeks of protests nationwide and calls for reform of police departments, as well as the removal of symbols of the Confederacy from public places.

Trump defeated Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.

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