President Trump cancels Republican convention in Jacksonville
President Donald Trump pauses while speaking during an event about regulatory reform on the South Lawn of the White House on July 16, 2020 in Washington, DC.After blowing up the initial plans for the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., President Donald Trump withdrew his plans for a MAGA-rally version in Jacksonville, Fla.to see Trump speak in Jacksonville, but Florida's skyrocketing COVID-19 cases and mounting deaths ultimately became the ceremony's undoing.
"I'll still do a convention speech in a different form, but we won't do a big convention speech, per se." A Republican familiar with the planning described Trump's decision to Insider as a "good move," adding that it came today with no advance notice to the party. "I'll still do a convention speech in a different form, but we won't do a big convention speech, per se."July 23, 2020The source familiar with convention planning told Insider that the decision came as the Trump campaign began to finally grasp how bad the coronavirus is, adding it's "politically best for him to veer toward the public health need and demonstrate responsible leadership.
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