Coronavirus: Donald Trump supporters to sign waiver not to sue GOP
Attendees of Donald Trump’s rally next week have to sign a waiver promising they will not sue if they contract COVID-19.
People who attend US President Donald Trump’s rally in Oklahoma next week have to sign a waiver promising that they will not sue if they contract COVID-19 while at the event.
“You are acknowledging that an inherent risk to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are present,” says the waiver posted to the Trump campaign website. “By attending the rally, you and any guests voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19 and agree not to hold Donald J. Trump for President (or any others behind the event) liable for any illness or injury.”
On Thursday, the Trump campaign announced the President would hold his first rally since most public events were shut down due to the spread of coronavirus in March.
Mr Trump will speak at the BOK Centre in Tulsa on June 20, one day later than orginally planned. The initial timing of the event — June 19 — drew criticism from the black community, as that date is known a Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the US.
Tulsa was also where, in 1921, a white mob attacked and killed black residents and destroyed their businesses in one of the most violent race riots in US history.
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