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Tulsa Mayor Walks Back Coronavirus Curfew For Trump Rally

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Anders Hagstrom White House Correspondent
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The Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma has walked back plans to impose a curfew on attendees of President Donald Trump’s rally in the city Saturday, Trump said Friday on Twitter.

The tweet came hours after Mayor G. T. Bynum initially announced a curfew for the rally, which is expected to bring more than 100,000 attendees. Some Tulsa officials have warned the event could be a coronavirus “super spreader.” The campaign has taken some precautions and will be taking attendees’ temperatures as well as offering face masks and hand sanitizer before being allowed into the event. (RELATED: REPORT: Trump Campaign Pushing For 4 Live Debates Against Joe Biden)

“I just spoke to the highly respected Mayor of Tulsa, G.T. Bynum, who informed me there will be no curfew tonight or tomorrow for our many supporters attending the #MAGA Rally. Enjoy yourselves – thank you to Mayor Bynum!” the president tweeted.

Tulsa police had confirmed the mayor’s original decision to impose a curfew.

Trump had already pushed back the rally from June 19th to the 20th out of respect for the Juneteenth holiday, which commemorates the anniversary of the day Union General Gordon Granger read orders declaring all previously enslaved persons in Texas to be free on June 19, 1865.

Trump and Republicans also moved the party’s national convention out of North Carolina after Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper refused to relax distancing rules for the event.

The Republican National Convention will now take place in Jacksonville, Fla. under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.