Several top Republican lawmakers said they would skip the Republican National Convention as coronavirus cases climb in Florida.
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, "won’t be attending the RNC convention,” spokesperson Arielle Mueller told USA TODAY.In February, saying the president committed"an appalling abuse of the public trust,"
on the first article of impeachment following the Senate trial, becoming the first senator ever to vote against his own party's president in an impeachment trial., with the president openly mocking the 2012 GOP nominee for president.Trump claims 99% of coronavirus cases are 'totally harmless'; 'long haulers' with lingering symptoms say he's wrong
USA TODAY has reached out to the offices of Romney and Murkowski for additional comment on their planned absences from the convention. Additionally, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., the second-most senior Republican in the House "has yet to decide if he will attend the convention this year," spokesperson Ryan Kelly said.
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