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With Rallies Off The Table, Trump's Reelection Moves To Virtual Campaigning

Rallies where President Trump would tout a booming economy were to be central to his 2020 reelection campaign. The coronavirus has changed everything.
President Trump speaks during the daily coronavirus briefing at the White House on April 1.

It's been only a month since President Trump held his last campaign rally. It was March 2 when several thousand people squeezed into a North Carolina arena to cheer on a confident president seeking reelection at a time of peace and prosperity.

Trump touted the record low unemployment rate to rousing applause, repeating the theme of his 2020 campaign.

"Jobs are booming in our country, incomes are soaring, poverty has plummeted, confidence is surging," said the president.

And so Trump's campaign would have gone, a big arena rally once a week, building up to more closer to the general election. An army

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