The Memo: Trump’s Tulsa decision sparks new race controversy

The Hill logoPresident Trump will begin campaign rallies again next week but the first event on his schedule is drawing accusations of racial insensitivity — even as his allies make a very different case.

Trump’s first rally since the nation went into a coronavirus-related lockdown in March will be held in Tulsa on June 19. The Oklahoma city was the site of one of the worst racial massacres in modern U.S. history back in 1921, while June 19 is “Juneteenth,” which marks the end of slavery.

Democrats are outraged by Trump’s decision, especially following a series of controversial comments the president has made about nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. Continue reading.