Trump campaign appearance in Florida: “I’ll give you all a big, fat kiss”

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The president of the United States, Donald Trump, was celebrated by his followers in the US state of Florida when he returned to the electoral stage. “I feel so strong,” Trump said Monday night during his hour-long performance in Sanford, near Orlando. Like the weekend, the 74-year-old emphasized that he is now immune. “I will kiss everyone in this audience. I will kiss the boys and the beautiful women (…). I’ll give you all a big, fat kiss. ”Florida is a potentially crucial state for the November 3 presidential election.

Trump’s personal physician, Sean Conley, had previously announced that multiple rapid crown tests on “consecutive days” had been negative for the 74-year-old. In addition to the antigen tests, other laboratory data was also used to determine that the president was no longer contagious. When Trump first tested negative and how often was unclear. Conley also didn’t explain why Trump apparently was not tested with the commonly performed PCR method, which is considered more reliable compared to antigen testing.

Donald Trump wears no mask

Due to his corona infection, which became known in early October, Trump had to abruptly suspend his appearances in the election campaign at airports with the presidential plane as a backdrop on hold. He was treated for three days at a military hospital near Washington. Conley said Saturday that Trump was no longer contagious. He did not provide any information on the test results as of Monday.

Trump refrained from wearing a mask on his trip to Florida, as photos of the departure show. Since the pandemic began, the Republican has rarely shown mouth and nose protection in public. His opponents criticized him as a bad example.

“A normal life, that’s all we want,” Trump said in front of his supporters. He claimed that his Democratic challenger Joe Biden would end the recovery from the crisis, delay a vaccine and prolong the pandemic. Furthermore, Biden wants a “draconian and unscientific lockdown” for Florida. In reality, Biden promises to contain the pandemic with a national strategy, following the advice of scientists and health experts to protect people. He repeatedly emphasizes the importance of masks.

Biden extends the lead

Biden criticized Trump on Monday not only for his handling of the pandemic as a whole. “His ruthless personal behavior since his diagnosis has not been scrupulous,” Biden said during an appearance in the disputed state of Ohio. “The longer Donald Trump is president, the more ruthless he seems to be.” According to a poll, Biden has expanded his lead over US President Donald Trump in the important states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. In a poll released by Reuters / Ipsos on Monday, Biden is 51 percent and Trump 44 percent in both states. A week ago, Biden had been six points ahead in Wisconsin and five points ahead in Pennsylvania.

Fauci demands removal

Meanwhile, the dispute between Trump’s campaign team and prominent American health expert Anthony Fauci continued. The immunologist made it clear on CNN that he did not want to be used to advertise Trump in the election campaign. The campaign team should remove a commercial for which Fauci’s statements were used without his consent and inconsistently. “I think it’s really unfortunate and really disappointing that they did that,” Fauci said.

He is not a political person and has never supported a political candidate. Fauci warned that if Trump’s campaign team considers using it for more campaign publicity, it could backfire. “You’re doing it against my will,” Fauci said of the “Daily Beast” news site. Campaign advertising is about winning votes. But self-harassment could put some voters off, speculated Fauci, who is part of the White House coronavirus task force.

Election campaign events criticized

The immunologist also criticized the election campaign events that Trump wants to avoid this week: In the next few days, Trump will travel to Pennsylvania, Iowa, North Carolina, Georgia and again to Florida. “We know that this brings problems,” Fauci said facing the gatherings of a lot of people without a mask, as is usual in Trump appearances.

The corona pandemic is not yet under control in the US In the past seven days, an average of around 50,000 new infections were detected each day. Around 7.8 million infections with the Sars-CoV-2 pathogen have been detected since the pandemic began. More than 215,000 people died after the infection. Even the White House had to grapple with an outbreak: In addition to Trump, many other employees and guests at government headquarters tested positive.

SDA / chk

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