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C^I W^cL 75 cents JEHBESa ■■■■ • See Sports on page BI See Opinion/Forum pages on A4 &5 Volume 47, Number 1 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, September 10, 2020 Thousands attend Trump rally, few wear masks as COVID-19 related deaths continue to soar Photo by Alphonso Abbott Jr. Protestors standing near the Smith Reynolds Airport while President Donald Trump held a campaign rally on Tuesday, Sept. 8 here in Winston-Salem. BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE Despite there still be ing restrictions on large gatherings across N.C., there were few masks and even less social distanc ing at the Smith Reynolds Airport on Tuesday where President Donald Trump held a campaign rally. Under Safer At Home Phase 2.5, which was part of an Executive Order signed by Governor Roy Cooper last week, masks are required in all pub lic places and there is a 50-person limit on all out door events - a far cry from the thousands ofbarefaced Tramp supporters who showed up for the rally. The line of supporters began to form more than five hours before the gates were officially scheduled to open. While waiting. Courtney Miller, who made the trip from Virgin ia for the event, said she was confident that Tramp would be re-elected in No vember. “I know he’s go ing to win because he’s the best man for the job. Just look at how he’s turned www.wschronicle.com this country around since he’s been in office,” she said. When discussing the Safer At Home order, Trump said the state should be open without any re strictions. He mentioned if Governor Cooper drops restrictions, N.C. would “probably” have the best economy on record. “Your state should be open,” he continued. “When you just take a look at what’s going in North Carolina, they want to open ... and it’s a shame what’s going on. And I’ll tell you what, on Novem ber 4 everyone of those states will open.” Although COVID-19 numbers are trending down, to date (Sept. 8) in North Carolina, there have been -178,635 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 2,909 virus related deaths, the ninth most in the coun try. In the past week, near ly 10,000 positive CO- VID-19 cases have been reported and close to 200 North Carolinians have died due to the virus. Here in Forsyth Coun ty, to date there have been 6,457 confirmed cases and more than 80 deaths. During the rally, Trump said he’s running for re- election to keep jobs in America and to put crimi nals behind bars, protect our boarders and strength en the economy. He also took several shots at his challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris. Trump re ferred to Biden and Harris as “far left wing extrem ists who have no idea what they’re doing.” “If our foreign adver saries were devising a scheme to cripple America, they could hardly do better than Biden-Kamala Har ris,” he said. “In exchange for his party’s nomination, Biden has now formed an unholy alliance with the most extreme and danger ous elements of the radical left.” In response to Tramp’s visit to the City of Arts and Innovation, Biden said Trump doesn’t have solid plans to address the CO- VID-19 pandemic or how to restart our economy and provide relief for strag gling Americans and small businesses owners. “President Tramp’s mismanagement has cost too many North Carolin ians their lives and live lihoods, with communi ties of color bearing the brant of the devastation. He has looked away from North Carolinians in need of a lifeline, even as his wealthy corporate donors get ahead,” Biden wrote in a statement. “As President, I will fight for your fam ily like it’s my own. I will bring our country together to defeat this pandemic and build our economy back better so that it works for all North Carolinians and leaves no one behind.”
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