Protecting Donald Trump Is What Safety Is All About

by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist

Last Sunday Donald Trump held one of his notorious hate rallies in a large warehouse in Henderson, Nevada.  He had the rally in defiance of state law which bans gatherings of more than fifty people, and against an appeal from the state's governor who is battling to hold down Nevada's rate of coronavirus infections.  The event in Henderson was Trump's first indoor rally since an infamous evening rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 20th, an event that Tulsa County health authorities said caused a surge in confirmed coronavirus cases in their area.   (Former presidential candidate Herman Cain died on July 30th from complications of COVID-19, less than six weeks after he had attended the Trump Tulsa rally.)

Nevada's Democratic governor, Steve Sisolak, called Trump's rally "an insult to every Nevadan who has followed the directives, made sacrifices, and put their neighbors before themselves."  He added,  "It's also a direct threat to all of the recent progress we've made, and could potentially set us back."  

And then Governor Sisolak tweeted:

"Tonight, President Donald Trump is taking reckless and selfish actions that are putting countless lives in danger here in Nevada."

Trump, who regards himself as a gifted orator, shot back that Governor Sisolak was a "political hack."

Trump's attack on the governor came during a post-rally interview with the state's largest newspaper, The Las Vegas Review-Journal.  Also in that interview Trump minimized safety concerns from the rally by relating all of those concerns to his own personal safety.    Trump noted that he was "on a stage and it's very far away . . . and so I'm not at all concerned."   

The Trump campaign said that all people entering the event had their temperatures checked, and that hand sanitizer and masks were provided to those who wanted them.  News photos revealed very few people actually wearing face masks at the rally, and it appeared as though there was no social distancing being practiced.

But not to worry because Donald Trump stayed well away from the masses and he was protected - and protecting Donald Trump is what safety is all about!

Herman Cain can sort the ones who didn't fare as well as Trump.