Renomination of Trump to be held in private

Donald Trump
Bye, bye, big, boisterous bonanza.

The vote to renominate President Donald Trump is set to be conducted in private later this month, without members of the press present, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Convention said, citing the coronavirus.

While Trump called off the public components of the convention in Florida last month, citing spiking cases of the virus across the country, 336 delegates are scheduled to gather in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Aug. 24 to formally vote to make Trump the GOP standard-bearer once more.

Nominating conventions are traditionally meant to be media bonanzas, as political parties seek to leverage the attention the events draw to spread their message to as many voters as possible. If the GOP decision stands, it will be the first party nominating convention in modern history to be closed to reporters.

“Given the health restrictions and limitations in place within the state of North Carolina, we are planning for the Charlotte activities to be closed press Friday, August 21 – Monday, August 24,” a convention spokeswoman said. “We are happy to let you know if this changes, but we are working within the parameters set before us by state and local guidelines regarding the number of people who can attend events.”

The decision was first reported by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Privately some GOP delegations have raised logistical issues with traveling to either city, citing the increasing number of jurisdictions imposing mandatory quarantine orders on travelers returning from states experiencing surges in the virus.

The subset of delegates in Charlotte will be casting proxy votes on behalf of the more than 2,500 official delegates to the convention. Alternate delegates and guests have already been prohibited.

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Republished with permission from The Associated Press.

Associated Press


3 comments

  • Sonja Fitch

    August 2, 2020 at 10:47 am

    Not the real reason! Trump scared to death the RNC will remember that they are the RNC! Lol
    Putin loving traitor trump is a pathetic racist sexist sociopath liar ! Maybe maybe the RNC delegates will remember that they are the RNC not the goptrump cult!

  • Susan

    August 2, 2020 at 11:41 am

    I pray Trump will be the RNC candidate as He is my President and I will VOTE for him again.

  • Sonja Fitch

    August 5, 2020 at 3:19 pm

    Now the Putin loving scum traitor trump wants to accept from the Rose Garden! Fing no! Go to your Fing hotel there in DC and let the RNC pay. No Rose Garden!

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