总统唐纳德·特朗普美国的竞选集会威斯康星州周四不仅将在关键的摇摆州为总统启动一系列不稳定的大型面对面竞选活动，还将在一个人口激增的州县举行冠状病毒随着该国接近200，000人死于该流行病。
集会在威斯康辛州莫西内的一个机场机库举行，举办此次活动的县马拉松县见证了这一点925阳性截至9月16日的冠状病毒病例，以及总统与疾病控制和预防中心负责人在疫苗时间表上的公开冲突。
在夏季拥挤的集会短暂停顿后，总统在离选举日不到50天的时间里又回到了全速前进的状态。他已经开始每周举行多次拥挤的集会，这些集会经常违反当地的指导方针，无视他自己的政府正在推动的建议，尽管在2008年威斯康星州和全国性地在民调中，特朗普继续落后于民主党提名人乔·拜登。
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2020年8月17日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在威斯康星州奥什科什的巴斯勒飞行服务站向支持者做手势。
“本周，新冠肺炎马拉松县的活动水平是:高，”该县的冠状病毒在线报道仪表盘。“高”被定义为“过去两周病例显著增加”
十四个人有死亡7月15日至9月7日。
“在过去的几天里，我们看到向马拉松县卫生部报告的COVID病例每天都在增加，”卫生部发言人朱迪·布伦斯(Judy Burrows)告诉美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)，并补充说，该县尚未经历“其他一些威斯康星州社区正在看到的异常大的增加”。
在过去的几周内，威斯康辛州的病例激增，该州报告了创纪录的2，034周四的案子。
州和地方官员将全州范围内病例的增加主要归因于大学生中的传播。根据该州公布的数据，18至24岁年龄段的病例大幅增加，其中往往包括大学生。
尽管如此，特朗普竞选团队表示，活动正在向前推进。
这将是特朗普在过去一个月中第二次访问威斯康星州——总统于8月17日在温尼贝戈县的奥什科什举行了一次集会。
在那里，病例激增的迹象显示，在总统访问一周后，过去一周病例激增。该县周四报告了创纪录的149例病例。
然而，该州卫生部发言人伊丽莎白·古德西特告诉美国广播公司新闻，只有一个案件与特朗普在奥什科什的集会有关。
“作为例行采访的一部分，有新冠肺炎的人会被问及他们参加的任何大型聚会，”古德西特说。“一名新冠肺炎检测呈阳性的人报告说，他正在奥什科什医院就诊。然而，他们也报告了其他可能的暴露。所以我们不能说这个事件是或不是原因。”
古德希特说，温尼伯戈县学生激增的一个可能解释是，学生返回威斯康星大学奥什科什分校，并补充说，卫生部没有与该大学有关的具体病例数。
尽管机场衣架集会将主要在室外举行，特朗普竞选团队表示将检查温度，提供洗手液和口罩——如果最近的特朗普集会有任何迹象的话，大多数支持者都不戴口罩，也不会强制要求社交距离。
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2020年9月13日，内华达州拉斯维加斯郊区亨德森的Xtreme Manufacturing，唐纳德·特朗普总统抵达室内竞选集会时，人们欢呼雀跃。
即使采取了这些预防措施，集会也可能违反国家政策。在社交距离指导上周更新，该州建议公众“避免10人或10人以上的集会”陋居说，马拉松县没有自己的禁止大型集会的政策，但该县鼓励“任何参加大型集会的人尽最大努力保护自己:戴上面具，保持社交距离，如果你生病了，就呆在家里。”
布伦斯说:“许多人的大型聚会为病毒在人与人之间传播提供了更多的机会。”。
特朗普的集会遭到了民主党人的强烈指责，他们说，他们担心这只会进一步推动威斯康星州恢复正常生活。
代表马拉松县的威斯康辛州第七国会选区的民主党候选人崔茜卡·尊克(Tricia Zunker)说:“有太多的事情需要做，我们不需要他来马拉松县参加这个超级传播者活动，就在昨天，马拉松县的新冠肺炎病例创下了历史新高。”
Zunker说，该县“正在努力让学生重返校园”，但特朗普周四的访问将“完全相反”。
“我认为他在这里是一个完全危险的事件，”祖克尔在访问前的新闻发布会上说。
威斯康星州民主党主席本·威克勒警告说，马拉松县不是一个“我们应该往火上浇油”的地方
特朗普的访问“真正说明了民主党人如何应对这场危机，与特朗普如何假装危机没有发生之间的区别，”维基勒在集会前接受美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)电话采访时说。
特朗普的对手拜登，参观了威斯康辛州这是今年9月初的第一次。他会见了雅各布·布莱克(Jacob Blake)的家人，雅各布·布莱克是一名在克诺沙被警察枪杀的黑人，他在一座教堂举行了一次社区会议，约有20名戴面具的与会者。
民主党副总统候选人参议员卡玛拉·哈里斯也本月早些时候访问了威斯康星州。同样，哈里斯举行了一个小活动，要求戴面具和社交距离。
当被问及拜登是否会在回来之前等待全州的案件数量下降时，维基勒只是说拜登的任何访问都将与特朗普的不同。
“你不会看到拜登或这里的任何其他民主党人举行大型室内无面具集会，”维基勒说。“拜登非常关注威斯康星州，我相信我们会看到更多的他，但你在民主党竞选中看到的任何东西都将基于公共卫生研究和对受影响社区的极大关注。”
虽然总统在威斯康辛州的集会在机场机库外，但尚不清楚周四是否会遵守社交距离或口罩的建议。但在最近的集会上，它没有被强制执行或要求。
威斯康星州共和党没有回应置评请求。
总统接下来将于周五晚上前往明尼苏达州的贝米吉，周六晚上前往北卡罗来纳州的费耶特维尔，周一前往俄亥俄州的斯旺森——下周剩余时间还将宣布更多的集会。
Trump to hold rally in Wisconsin county facing record-breaking coronavirus cases
PresidentDonald Trump's campaign rally inWisconsinon Thursday will not only kick off a precarious string of large, in-person campaign events for the president across crucial swing states, but it'll also be held in a state and county that's seeing a spike incoronaviruscases as the country nears 200,000 deaths from the pandemic.
The rally, taking place at an airport hangar in Mosinee, Wisconsin, comes as the county hosting the event, Marathon County, saw925 positivecoronavirus cases as of Sept. 16 and as the president publicly clashed with the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over a timeline for a vaccine.
After a brief pause in packed rallies over the summer, the president has returned to full-steam ahead with less than 50 days to go until Election Day. He has begun holding multiple packed rallies each week that often break local guidelines and ignore the recommendations his own administration is promoting, though inWisconsinandnationally, Trump continues to trail Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the polls.
President Donald Trump gestures in front of supporters at Basler Flight Service in Oshkosh, Wis., Aug. 17, 2020.
"This week, the COVID-19 activity level for Marathon County is: HIGH," reads the county's coronavirus onlinedashboard. "High" is defined as a "significant increase in cases in the past two weeks."
Fourteen people havediedbetween July 15 and Sept. 7.
"In the past several days we have seen an increase in the daily number of COVID cases reported to the Marathon County Health Department," department spokesperson Judy Burrows told ABC News, adding that the county has yet to experience the "exceptionally large increases that some other Wisconsin communities are seeing."
Cases across Wisconsin have skyrocketed in the past couple weeks, with the state reporting a record of2,034cases on Thursday.
State and local officials have attributed much of the increase in cases across the state to a spread among college students. According to data released by the state, there has been a significant jump in cases in the 18- to 24-age range, which tends to include college students.
Despite that, the Trump campaign said the event is moving forward.
This will be Trump's second visit to Wisconsin in the past month -- the president held a rally on Aug. 17 in Oshkosh, which is in Winnebago County.
There, signs of a surge in cases showed a week after the president's visit, with a steeper spike over the past week. The county reported a record 149 cases on Thursday.
Elizabeth Goodsitt, a spokesperson for the state's health department, however, told ABC News that there's only been one case linked to the Trump rally in Oshkosh.
"As part of their routine interview, people who have COVID-19 are asked about any large gatherings they attended," Goodsitt said. "One person who has tested COVID-19 positive reported being at the Oshkosh visit. However, they reported other possible exposures as well. So we can't say this event was or was not the cause."
Goodsitt said one possible explanation for the surge in Winnebago County could be the return of students to the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, adding that the health department doesn't have specific case counts related to the university.
And while the airport hanger rally will be mostly outdoors and the Trump campaign said it will check temperatures, provide hand sanitizer and masks -- if recent Trump rallies are any indication, most supporters do not wear masks and no social distancing will be enforced.
People cheer as President Donald Trump arrives for an indoor campaign rally at Xtreme Manufacturing in Henderson, a suburb of Las Vegas, Nev., Sept. 13, 2020.
The rally will likely violate state policy even if those precautions are taken. Insocial-distancing guidanceupdated last week, the state advised the public to "avoid gatherings of 10 or more people." Marathon County does not have its own policy that prohibits large gatherings, Burrow said, but the county encourages "anyone who attends any large gatherings to do what they can to protect themselves: wear a mask, social distance and stay home if you are sick."
"Large gatherings of many people provides more opportunity for the virus to spread from person to person," Burrows said.
Trump's rally has drawn strong rebuke from Democrats, who say they fear it'll only push Wisconsin further from a return to normal life.
"There is so much that needs to be done, and we don't need to have him coming here to Marathon County, which had record-high COVID-19 cases just yesterday, for this super spreader event," said Tricia Zunker, a Democratic candidate for Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District, which represents Marathon County.
Zunker said the county is "working so hard to, you know, get students back in buildings," but that Trump's visit Thursday will do "the complete opposite."
"I think it's a completely dangerous event that he's having here," Zunker said, speaking at a press conference ahead of the visit.
Ben Wikler, chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, warned that Marathon County was not a place "where we should be pouring gasoline on the fire."
Trump's visit "really illustrates the difference between how Democrats are responding to this crisis, versus how Trump is pretending it's not happening," Wikler said in a phone interview with ABC News ahead of the rally.
Biden, Trump's opponent,visited Wisconsinfor the first time this year at the beginning of September. He met with the family of Jacob Blake, a Black man shot by police in Kenosha and held a community meeting at a church with about 20 mask-wearing attendees.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris alsovisited Wisconsin earlier this month. Similarly, Harris held a small event that mandated masks and social distancing.
Asked if Biden will be waiting for the statewide spike in cases to fall before he returns, Wikler said only that any visit Biden makes will look different than Trump's.
"What you're not going to see is big indoor mask-less rallies from Biden or any other Democrat here," Wikler said. "Biden is very focused on Wisconsin and I'm confident that we will see more of him, but anything that you see from a Democratic campaign will be grounded in public health research and great care for the communities that are affected."
While the president's rally in Wisconsin is outside at an airport hangar, it's unclear if social distancing or masks recommendations will be adhered to Thursday. But at recent rallies, it hasn't been enforced or required.
The Wisconsin Republican Party did not respond to a request for comment.
The president will next head to Bemidji, Minnesota, on Friday night, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Saturday night, and Swanson, Ohio, on Monday -- with more rallies yet to be announced for the rest of next week.
