U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley will skip President Donald Trump's presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention in August due to coronavirus concerns, a spokesman for the senator confirmed on Monday.
FILE PHOTO: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the 2020 Filing Season and IRS COVID-19 Recovery amid the coronavirus disease outbreak on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 30, 2020. Anna Moneymaker/Pool via REUTERS
The 86-year-old Iowa Republican has attended each of his party’s conventions since he was first elected to the Senate in 1980. His decision not to travel to Florida for this year’s event underscores broader concerns about holding mass gatherings as coronavirus cases there surge. The bulk of the Republican convention was moved from North Carolina after the state’s Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, would not commit to allowing a full convention because of pandemic concerns.
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