A small group of President Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters turned out for a Tarmac rally in Tampa, Florida, Friday afternoon.
Video from the event showed a tiny crowd standing shoulder-to-shoulder, many flouting social distancing and face mask guidelines to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
NowThis shared a wide-shot from the event showing row after empty row of guard rails behind the anemic crowd. Twitter users were quick to mock the low-turnout rally. “Florida death cult at tarmac for Trump,” joked one Twitter user.
As Trump spoke to the crowd, the state of Florida reported 257 new COVID-19 related deaths on Friday, marking the fourth day in a row that the state has reported a record number of deaths due to the coronavirus.