On September 18th, 2020, President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Bemidji, Minnesota.br Now, state health officials there say nine people who attended the event have contracted the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.br Of those nine, Business Insider reports two have been hospitalized, and one is currently in an intensive care unit.br Minnesota's Department of Health spokesperson Doug Schultz says the confirmed-positive people attended the event during their likely time of exposure.br In response to these new infections, the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party released a statement criticizing both Trump and the state's Republican party.br From the start of this pandemic, Donald Trump and Minnesota Republicans have ignored public health experts and put their re-elections ahead of the health of Minnesotans.