President Donald Trump said that plans for a large-scale Republican National Convention are being canceled
Instead, Trump said that some convention activities will still take place in its original locale, Charlotte, but suggested that there would be virtual “tele-rallies.” He still plans to deliver an acceptance speech, but in a “different form,” he said.Trump and the RNC moved the major events of the convention, including his acceptance speech, to Jacksonville last month after a tiff with the governor of North Carolina, Roy Cooper, a Democrat.
Trump’s decision may mean that the RNC plans will resemble more closely those of the Democrats, who already scaled back plans for a convention in Milwaukee. Joe Biden will still accept the party’s nomination in person, but in a smaller venue and with many delegates and attendees linked to the event virtually.He indicated that plans for the convention were still being worked out. “We’ll have a very nice something,” He said, while acknowledging it will not be the same as in 2016.
Asked what changed his mind over holding the convention in Florida, Trump said, “Safety.” He said that he didn’t want the media keying in on whether a large-scale gathering was safe. “We have to set the example,” he said. Trump talked about the convention plans at his third coronavirus task force briefing this week. Unlike the previous two days, there was a member of the White House coronavirus task force present in the briefing room — Dr. Deborah Birx — but she did not speak.
President Trump: “I told my team it’s time to cancel the Jacksonville, Florida component of the GOP convention…I'll still do a convention speech in a different form but we won't do a big crowded convention, per se. It's just not the right time for that."
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