Trump Campaign Asks Rally-Goers to Waive Covid-19 Liability

  • President’s visit to Texas coincides with new surge in cases
  • Trump has been a tireless booster of getting U.S. to reopen
Trump Ready to Resume Rallies in Oklahoma on June 19
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President Donald Trump’s campaign is asking people attending his campaign rally in Oklahoma next week to waive liability if they contract Covid-19 -- even as he hurtles forward to reopen the country.

The president traveled to Texas on Thursday for two events as that state struggled with a new surge in coronavirus cases and Houston prepared to possibly reopen a Covid-19 hospital at a football stadium.