Jacksonville, Fla., is the front-runner to host the celebration marking President Trump’s acceptance of his party’s nomination for reelection.
Jacksonville, Fla., is the front-runner to host the GOP celebration marking President Trump’s acceptance of his party’s nomination to run for reelection, the Republican National Committee chairwoman said Wednesday.
Ronna McDaniel said reports of a final decision were “definitely premature.” But she made clear that Jacksonville is the favorite now that Charlotte, N.C., the official host of this summer’s Republican National Convention, hasa full-blown convention free from social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“There’s a couple more things we need to do before we can announce that, but Jacksonville is absolutely in the front-running position,” she said in an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. But several Republicans familiar with the negotiations stressed that no final decision had yet been made. “Several cities are still being considered,” said Emma Vaughn, a Florida-based spokesperson for the RNC. She said that convention officials were touring Phoenix; Savannah, Ga.; Dallas; and Jacksonville this week and “have been in conversations with several other potential locations.”Nonetheless, there were indications that plans were moving forward in Jacksonville.
The RNC has spent the last week scouting locations after North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, rejected Trump’s demand that the convention be allowed to take place Aug. 24-27 without social distancing measures.
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