Trump moves to cancel parts of GOP convention set for Florida, citing coronavirus
"I told my team it's time to cancel the Jacksonville, Florida, component of the GOP convention," Trump said at a White House briefing on the coronavirus.
"I told my team it's time to cancel the Jacksonville, Florida, component of the GOP convention," Trump said at a White House briefing on the coronavirus. The state has become a hot spot for the virus. "We won't do a big crowded convention, per se," he said, adding that he cares "deeply about the people of Florida."
A convention like this typically attracts tens of thousands of people over the course of multiple days.found that 62% of voters said they thought it'd be unsafe to hold the convention in Florida, scheduled for the week of Aug. 24.
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