GOP officials are reportedly going to split their Republican National Convention between Charlotte, North Carolina, and Jacksonville, Florida, set for Aug. 24-27.
According to The Washington Post, three party officials confirmed the GOP has tentatively picked the coastal Florida city to replace Charlotte as the site for President Donald Trump’s nominating convention.
Contractual obligations between the RNC and the city of Charlotte may require the convention’s lower-profile — and lower attended — meetings to still take place in the Queen City. Jacksonville would be the site for the larger meetings, such as the nominating convention.
Earlier this month, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, said state health officials could not allow the convention to proceed without coronavirus screening and protection measures.
In late May, North Carolina health officials asked Republican National Convention executives how many delegates would attend the Charlotte convention, as well as how they plan to identify and isolate anyone testing COVID-19 positive.
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The letter, sent to RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and convention president Marcia Lee Kelly, came in the wake of Trump’s demand to know if Charlotte and North Carolina will be reopened from the coronavirus in time for the Aug. 24-27 convention.
The letter cited CDC guidelines for coronavirus protection, which Trump has criticized in the past, and asked RNC officials how they will “implement health screenings, social distancing, face coverings, hand hygiene, and other cleaning protocols” during the event. It also asked if the president still wanted a large convention “without social distancing or face coverings.”
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The Democratic National Convention has already been postponed to Aug. 17-20 in Milwaukee.
Governors of other states, including Georgia’s Brian Kemp, immediately extended invitations to the RNC to consider their locations as alternative convention sites.
Kemp’s offer was followed by one from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who told reporters at a Miami news conference that he “would love” to have the GOP or even the Democratic convention, as either would bring millions of dollars to the state.
The Republican governor said if Trump decides to move the GOP convention, it presumably would have to abide by any federal health guidelines and Florida would do its part to uphold them.
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