Tulsa Curfew Lifted, While Court Rejects Public Health Challenge To Trump Rally
President Trump will rally supporters on Saturday at an indoor arena, even as COVID-19 cases spike in Oklahoma. The rally had been scheduled for Friday but was moved due to the Juneteenth holiday.
Updated at 6:33 p.m. ET
With anxieties over the coronavirus and tensions over race looming large, President Trump remains on track to hit the campaign trail Saturday in Tulsa, Okla., as he prepares to rally supporters for the first time since the pandemic took root widely across the country three months ago.
The rally will take place after the Oklahoma Supreme Court rejected an by a group of Tulsa residents and businesses seeking to compel organizers to enforce social distancing measures. The lawsuit claimed the rally, which is being held indoors at the 19,000-seat BOK Center, could drastically increase the spread of the coronavirus. New cases of the virus in Oklahoma recently.
