Trump comeback rally features empty seats, staff infections Published on June 21, 2020 at 05:37AM by By KEVIN FREKING and JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press TULSA, Okla. (AP) — President Donald Trump pressed ahead Saturday with a comeback rally amid an pandemic by declaring “the silent majority is stronger than ever before," but what was meant to be a show of political force was instead met with thousands of empty seats and new coronavirus cases on his campaign staff. Ignoring health warnings, Trump scheduled the rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was intended to be the largest indoor gathering in the world during the outbreak that has killed more than 120,000 Americans, put 40 million more out of work and upended Trump's reelection bid. But in the hours before the event, crowds seemed significantly lighter than expected. Campaign officials scrapped plans for Trump to first address an overflow space. Trump tried to explain away the crowd size, blaming it on the media for declari