I spoke with a few of the thousands of Trump supporters streaming into his indoor rally just outside Las Vegas. Here's why they say they're not wearing masks & are not concerned about the health risks of attending this rally.
(Fact: Masks work. Ignoring science does not.) McGuigan also said people attending the rally said she knows she doesn't have Covid because: "I have beautiful skin tone. I have lungs, I was just singing God Bless America with these ladies back there. There’s nothing wrong with my breathing."

Woke up this morning to more instances of police unacceptably targeting and using force against journalists in the US over the last week. The list is far too long & this is unacceptable -- especially in the United States of America.
Time for a thread. This is just a sampling: Let's start with my colleagues @OmarJimenez, Bill Kirkos & Leonel Mendez who were arrested while covering the aftermath of protests & riots in Minneapolis. It happened on live television: washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/medi…

In a primetime address to millions of Americans, President Trump misrepresented the travel restrictions he is imposing on travel between the United States and Europe.
They are severe -- but not the total suspension of travel from Europe to the US that Trump described.
THREAD: Trump said "we will be suspending all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days" before adding that there will be "exemptions for Americans who have undergone appropriate screenings."

The amount of gaslighting, false statements & misleading arguments emanating from the President’s Twitter feed this morning is quite something. Important to take note of that. Claim: ISIS is merely a regional threat.
Reality: ISIS has inspired & directed terrorist attacks around the world. And Trump & his administration have repeatedly made clear they viewed ISIS as a global threat, hence the US-led global military coalition to defeat it.

Trump addresses explosive devices at top of rally: "We will find those responsible and we will bring them to justice. Any acts or threats of political violence are an attack on our democracy itself. No nation can succeed that tolerates violence or the threat of violence..." "We want all sides to come together in peace and harmony -- we can do it, we can do it. We can do it, it'll happen. There's much we can do to bring our nation together. Those that are engaged in the political arena must stop treating political opponents as being morally defective