A lot of people who supported the movement against Trump’s presidency and went to his rally in Tucson, Arizona, have been hospitalized with an unknown illness.
Over 2,000 people came to the event on September 12th, even though it was over 100 degrees outside. Newsweek said that people who went had symptoms like itching, swollen faces, and pain in the eyes.
Officials with the campaign are now trying to figure out where the outbreak came from. Some are calling it a “floating illness.” The people running the campaign are eager to find patient zero so they can find out where the illness came from. The Secret Service said there were no known or suspected threats before the rally, but they are still taking the situation seriously and helping with the investigation.
It’s interesting that the symptoms only seemed to affect the people on stage right. The people on stage left said they had no symptoms at all. Mayra Rodriguez, who used to be the director of Planned Parenthood and now supports Trump, had terrible eyeburn and trouble seeing after the rally. She went to the hospital because she thought she might have been sprayed with mace or some other type of aerosol.
Other people who got the illness said the symptoms were “horrible” and “excruciating.” One Trump supporter was worried that this outbreak might have been planned, and another man said that his eyes were “red like hell.”
Even though these bad things happened, President Trump reaffirmed his promise at the rally to stop taxing tips for service workers. Though, Vice President Kamala Harris quickly backed up his promise. She was in town that same night for a private event.
This happened in Arizona, a battleground state where the race is very close. New polls show that both Trump and Harris have 46% of the vote. According to a collection of recent polls, Trump has a slight lead right now.
Along with the effect on the presidential race, MAGA supporters in Arizona hope that Kari Lake’s campaign for the U.S. Senate will get more conservatives to the polls. As the election draws near, many conservatives are aware of how important their vote is to the outcome.
Supporters and organizers are eager to find answers as the investigation into the strange illness goes on. The safety of everyone at the rally is very important, and steps will be taken to make sure that this doesn’t happen again.