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It’s a hot political summer, literally. Both Republican and Democratic politicians have been holding rallies and other political events outside during a recent spate of heat waves—including a Trump rally that sent 11 people to the hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, in early June, when temperatures reached 111 degrees Fahrenheit.

Democrats and Republicans don’t see eye to eye when it comes to climate change policies, with Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis banning local governments from instituting heat protections for outdoor workers in April. But experts who spoke with me agreed that organizers of large outdoor political events across the political aisle have an ethical obligation to keep attendees as safe as possible, in order to reduce potential complications such as heat stroke.

“They have that obligation to........

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