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President Donald Trump held a Nevada campaign rally at an indoor venue on Sunday despite public health professionals' warnings against large indoor gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Donald Trump holds indoor rally amid pandemic

US President Donald Trump held a Nevada campaign rally at an indoor venue on Sunday despite public health professionals' warnings against large indoor gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)

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A Republican, Trump railed against his Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, suggesting that he was somehow soft on crime and, without evidence, that he was taking drugs. (AFP)

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"Biden wants to appease domestic terrorists and my plan is to arrest domestic terrorists," Trump said to an enthusiastic crowd. "If Biden wins, the mob wins." (Reuters)

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The president sought to back up his drug accusation by citing what he considered Biden's poor performance in debates with rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination. (AFP)

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"I called for a drug test because, you know what? I want a drug test, because we don't want to have a situation like we could have with this guy," Trump said. (AFP)

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Asked to respond to Trump's drug remarks, the Biden campaign had no comment and instead criticized the president's leadership amid the unrest in cities over racial injustice. (AFP)

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People in the Nevada crowd were seated close together and many did not wear masks. (Reuters)

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Nevada's Democratic governor, Steve Sisolak, fired off a series of tweets describing the large, indoor gathering as high risk and calling Trump's decision to hold it "reckless and selfish." (Reuters)

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"The President appears to have forgotten that this country is still in the middle of a global pandemic," Sisolak tweeted.
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Biden as criticized Trump for holding campaign events that put people at risk of contracting the coronavirus, which has killed more than 194,000 people in the United States. (Reuters)