Biden, Sanders canceling campaign rallies in Ohio amid COVID-19 outbreak
In this side-by-side photo, Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, March 10, 2020, and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a campaign rally Monday, March 9, 2020, in St. Louis.[Paul Vernon and Jeff Roberson/Associated Press]
Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden have canceled their primary-night rallies in Cleveland amid concerns over the spread of the new coronavirus.
Sanders’ campaign also announced Tuesday that all the Vermont senator’s future events “will be evaluated on a case by case basis.” A Biden spokesman initially indicated that the former vice president’s own Cleveland rally would take place as scheduled in Cleveland, but his campaign released a statement moments later saying that it, too, was canceling.
Both events had been timed as results from six states voting Tuesday in the Democratic presidential primary would begin rolling in.