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Trump in Florida: 'I'll Bring Pharmaceutical Industry Back to Puerto Rico'
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1:13Now PlayingPresident Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Monday for the first time since contracting the coronavirus, resuming his effort to stage a late comeback in the election's final stretch.
In a campaign speech that lasted over an hour, Trump spoke about the coronoavirus and enjoyed the support of the crowd of thousands his supporters chanted "we love you."
Trump spoke in front of a crowd of supporters who stood shoulder-to-shoulder, mostly without masks, despite the ongoing pandemic.
With three weeks to go before Election Day, Trump — whose doctor said Monday for the first time that he had received a negative test for COVID-19 — is pushing to correct a stubborn deficit in national and battleground state polling as he continues to spread misinformation about a virus that he spent months downplaying.
That includes in Florida, which is seen as critical to his reelection chances. Trump narrowly beat his 2016 rival, Democrat Hillary Clinton, in the state by just over 112,000 votes. Some recent polls have suggested a close race in the state, while others have put Democrat Joe Biden ahead.
With an eye to the important Puerto Rican community in Florida, Trump slammed Biden for a 1996 Congressional vote that hit the island's pharmaceutical industry.
Trump's Sanford rally was his first stop in a busy week that will include events in Pennsylvania, Iowa, North Carolina and Wisconsin. The robust schedule underscored the urgency he is facing to recover from a series of self-inflicted setbacks that have rattled his base of support and triggered alarm among Republicans who fear the White House is on the verge of being lost to Biden.
And it comes amid still-unanswered questions about the impact so much travel so soon could have on the 74-year-old president's health. The progression of COVID-19 is often unpredictable, and there can be long-term complications.
Trump has been eager to show the world that he is no longer sidelined by a virus that he has consistently played down and that has killed 215,000 people across the nation, including more than 15,000 in Florida.
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