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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Nov 12, 2020, 04:59 PM Nov 2020

CNN team leaves Georgia Republican rally fearing it will become coronavirus superspreader event

A team of CNN journalists left a rally held by Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler over fears that it would become a coronavirus superspreader event.

CNN correspondent Kyung Lah and her team left the rally Wednesday citing a lack of safety precautions.

Ms Lah explained in a tweet that the rally - which was meant to drive up support for Senator David Perdue in his upcoming runoff election against Democrat John Ossoff - was held in a windowless room and that many of the attendees were not wearing masks, despite recent spikes in Covid-19 infectious throughout the nation.

The tweet contains a photo showing rows of people standing shoulder to shoulder. Few faces are visible, but those that are appear mask-less.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cnn-team-leaves-georgia-republican-210812634.html

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CNN team leaves Georgia Republican rally fearing it will become coronavirus superspreader event (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP
no need to attend or show. just use stock footage of a hitler torch light parade nt msongs Nov 2020 #1
I saw pictures of this yesterday. It's horrifying. crickets Nov 2020 #2
The ads write themselves! Initech Nov 2020 #3
Pack 'em in! Standing room only! BusyBeingBest Nov 2020 #4

crickets

(25,896 posts)
2. I saw pictures of this yesterday. It's horrifying.
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 05:18 PM
Nov 2020

There were more masks than you might expect, but not enough of them and some were improperly worn. My first though was, "how many in this room will not live long enough to vote in the runoff?"






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