Just six weeks from the GOP nominating convention in Florida, the state has surging coronavirus cases, and planners have not come up with a final schedule.
’s nominating convention in Jacksonville, a coronavirus flare-up in Florida is complicating planning and scaring off potential attendees.
“I’ve talked to a few of my candidates who say they are not planning to go because they’ve got campaigns to win, and there aren’t any swing voters at the convention,” said one Republican consultant based in the Midwest who also requested anonymity. “I think that will be a pretty common response with candidates and elected officials. I do think activists and delegates will attend.”
A fundraising solicitation for the convention obtained by HuffPost shows donation levels as high as $1,161,200 per couple, the “Presidential Trust” level, down to the “The President’s Club,” which requires a minimum $1,000. Donors are promised daytime activities on Amelia Island, a resort town some 40 miles northeast of Jacksonville, as well as “hospitality” throughout the Aug. 24-27 period.
But in recent weeks, the state has experienced an explosion of new coronavirus cases — as many as 15,000 per day — with hospitalizations and deaths also increasing.
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