Reuters reports:
In open defiance of state regulations and his own administration’s pandemic health guidelines, President Donald Trump hosted his first indoor rally since June, telling a packed, nearly mask-less Nevada crowd that the nation was “making the last turn” in defeating the virus.
Eager to project a sense of normalcy in imagery, Trump soaked up the raucous cheers inside a warehouse Sunday night.
At one point the crowd reacted to Trump saying former President Barack Obama “got caught spying on his campaign” by chanting “lock him up” – a riff on the controversial 2016 “lock her up” chants directed at Hillary Clinton.
Only those standing behind Trump were made to wear masks.
Trump falsely accuses Obama of spying on his campaign, prompting extended “lock him up!” chants pic.twitter.com/eAWzImWzNl
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For the second consecutive day Trump seems to endorse extrajudicial killings by federal forces pic.twitter.com/j1DQDGuJEw
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 14, 2020