Trump: Partikonvent ställs in för att skydda vårt folk
Donald Trump ställer in Republikanernas partikonvent i Florida på grund av den rådande situationen med coronaviruset i delstaten, meddelar presidenten själv på en pressträff.
– Det finns inget viktigare än att skydda vårt folk, säger Trump på pressträffen, enligt USA Today.
Under konventet skulle Trump formellt ha accepterat partiets utnämnande av honom som presidentkandidat. Presidenten kommer fortfarande att hålla ett tal, men det kommer att ske digitalt och inte inför tusentals jublande anhängare.
Konventet var planerat att börja den 24 augusti.
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2020 Republican National Convention
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The 2020 Republican National Convention will Be event in which delegates of the United States Republican Party will select the party's nominees for president and vice president in the 2020 United States presidential election. The convention will be held from August 24 to 27, 2020. The convention was originally scheduled to be held at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, but was moved to Jacksonville, Florida due to disagreements with the North Carolina state government over its social distancing measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Again the Convention plans at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, were later cancelled by the GOP.
By tradition, because Republicans currently hold the White House, their convention will be held after the 2020 Democratic National Convention, which is scheduled for August 17–20. Former White House Director of Management and Administration Marcia Lee Kelly was named convention president and CEO in April 2019, making her the first Asian-American to do so for either major political party in American history.On March 17, 2020, President Donald Trump won the Florida and Illinois primaries, giving him more than the required 1,276 delegates to secure the presidential nomination. He had previously announced that Vice President Mike Pence would remain as his vice presidential running mate in his re-election bid.
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