Trump in North Carolina on September 8. | Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Trump rallies have become a series of potential superspreader events.

New daily coronavirus cases and deaths were trending upward in North Carolina heading into Labor Day weekend. But you certainly wouldn’t know that by watching President Donald Trump’s rally at Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem on Tuesday.

Trump claimed during his speech that there were 15,000 people there. That was an exaggeration, but Jonah Kaplan of ABC 11 in Raleigh reported that the crowd of several thousand was the largest he’d seen in the state since the beginning of the pandemic.

I’ve covered #ReopenNC protests, #GeorgeFloydProtests, #RaleighRiots & #RNC2020. This is largest crowd I’ve seen at any event, anywhere in #NorthCarolina, in many, many months. They’re all here for @POTUS @realDonaldTrump. @ABC11_WTVD @ABC #COVID19 #Vote2020 #ncpol #CoronavirusNC