With Election Day less than a month away, President Donald Trump will be hosting a rally tonight in Sanford, just 10 days after his COVID-19 diagnosis.
Second Lady Karen Pence drew a crowd in Tampa Monday morning as part of the administration’s various events around Florida to secure votes in the swing state.
Vice President Mike Pence began campaigning in Florida’s largest retirement community Saturday, with Donald Trump Jr. kicking off his bus tour at the Tampa Convention Center on Sunday. Trump Jr.’s bus tour was postponed from Oct. 3 because of the various White House diagnoses of people with the novel coronavirus.
With new polls showing older voters turning away from Trump due to his handle on the pandemic, targeted rallies may aid this administration in keeping Florida red this coming election.
With tonight’s rally days before the now-canceled presidential debate in Miami, this appearance will be among the first approved after White House physician Sean Conley gave clearance for Trump to participate in public engagements.
Tampa protesters call for removal of Columbus statue
Tensions rose in Tampa on Columbus Day weekend as protesters gathered downtown to demand the abolishment of the holiday and removal of a Columbus statue along Bayshore Boulevard.
Protesters have been requesting the City of Tampa remove the statue for the past 30 years. They say its display represents centuries of racism and violence against indigenous people.
Hundreds marched through downtown to express their frustration, including Alicia Norris, Co-Founder of FIREE and Native American activist. Norris said the state of Native Americans is very poor.
“Reservations themselves are so poverty stricken. Third World conditions within a Western culture that is so affluent,” Norris said. “Why do we have people that don’t have running water?”
South Dakota, Michigan, and Oregon are among the few states to have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day, and those in this weekend’s crowd hope Florida is next.
CDC offers tips for a COVID-proof Halloween, trick-or-treating
Halloween is around the corner, and to avoid further spread of coronavirus during this fall’s expected peak, the Centers for Disease Control is offering to make this year’s celebration safer for the community.
The CDC is labeling the holiday as a high-risk activity. Experts are urging trick-or-treaters to wear masks and for others to prepare individually wrapped goody bags for those going door-to-door.
Several local companies are offering events that follow CDC guidelines to keep the spirit alive while keeping other protected. Some of those include Lowes’ curbside trick-or-treating and Busch Gardens’ Sesame Street Kids’ Weekends.
The CDC hopes locals choose to participate in low-risk activities to avoid an intense second wave that will combine with flu season in the next few months.
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