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What pandemic?
Trump fans have taken to the water in recent days to show their support for the president, with hundreds enjoying a “MAGA” boat parade in Charleston, South Carolina on Sunday.
Here’s more from the scene:
A Facebook FB, -1.15% page advertising the event drew than 700 people who signed up to take part. “Some young ladies in Charleston wanted to do a parade to show support for our president,” the page description read. “And we’re attacked with death threats. Well we’re not ones to be bullied.”
Party time?
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Before the Charleston event, another boat parade drew the attention of the president:
Images from that parade also made their way across social media:
And here’s another boat-themed celebration from out west:
As expected in this climate, there were plenty of critics.
“Well, my first thought is that it was remarkable that when Americans were dying at the rate of over 1,000 a day, and 40 million people are out of work that somebody thought it was appropriate to hold a big party,” William Hamilton, a local Charleston activist, told WCSC.
They also took to Twitter TWTR, +4.29% to air their issues:
South Carolina, as of Tuesday, has reported more than 10,000 coronavirus cases and 440 deaths, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University.
