Trump’s rally rhetoric is becoming uglier

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President Trump is an underdog in his reelection campaign. And despite the continued coronavirus outbreak in this country, during the past week he has returned to holding large rallies in an effort to jump-start his campaign and rekindle the support that drove him to victory in 2016.

The result has at times been even uglier than in previous Trump rallies.

Over the course of the rallies, Trump has amped up his attacks on refugees and a Muslim congresswoman, his approval of violence against journalists, his baseless theories about Joe Biden and his not-terribly subtle shunning of a mask to protect against the novel coronavirus. Continue reading.