BREAKING: President Trump calls off Republican National Convention events in Florida, citing 'flare-up' of coronavirus; smaller gathering of delegates in North Carolina still on.
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House, Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Washington.
Trump’s formal renomination will still go forward in North Carolina, where a small subset of GOP delegates will still gather in Charlotte, North Carolina, for just four hours on Aug. 24. Florida was to have hosted four nights of programming and parties that Trump had hoped would be a “four-night infomercial” for his reelection.
Trump moved the ceremonial portions of the GOP convention to Florida last month amid a dispute with North Carolina’s Democratic leaders over holding an event indoors with maskless supporters. But those plans were steadily scaled back as virus cases spiked in Florida and much of the country over the last month.Trump said he would deliver an acceptance speech in an alternate form, potentially online.
“We didn’t want to take any chances,” he added. “We have to be vigilant. we have to be careful and we have to set an example.”
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