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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCity of Jacksonville, host of RNC in August, just announced masks mandatory indoors & in
public places where social distancing isn't possible, beginning at 5 p.m. today.
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
Masks will now be required to be worn in all public spaces @FCN2go
Editing to link to a Politico article just published:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/29/jacksonville-mask-wearing-gop-convention-344530
Healthcare experts say it mitigates risk and city hall learned military installations in Jacksonville are mandating it as well, a source said of Currys thinking.
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Curry is determined to have the GOP convention take place safely in Jacksonville, and those familiar with his thinking say he wants to do what he can to once again reduce infection rates and rising hospitalizations. Jacksonvilles infection and hospitalization rates are well below those in Miami-Dade County in the southeast corner of the state.
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Though he earned a reputation for governing in a bipartisan way, Currys approval ratings took a hit in a recent poll from the University of North Florida, which found significant voter opposition to the event.
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,270 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)drray23
(7,587 posts)If they don't, Trump will be in the same situation he was with north Carolina. He can't really move it again. On the other hand, it could probably be held anywhere in a motel 6 given how many people will probably skip.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)No ones going to that Petri dish of a hot mess
Initech
(99,910 posts)RockRaven
(14,782 posts)They thought FL would give them free rein to indulge Trump's childish and hazardous demands, where NC would not.
Oops!
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Loving it
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,478 posts)Is the RNC going to pay to rent empty Cruise ships to house the tens of thousands of Delegates, the Press, Dignitaries, special guests, etc? The Mayo Clinic facility is not that far away. They will be busy doing testing.
The mandatory wearing of masks will not go well with the Trumpers in town to scream and shout for their clown.
drray23
(7,587 posts)they could probably hold in in a motel 6 and that would be plenty of room.
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)It must have been a difficult decision.
They wouldn't want to harm a lot of (R)s.
PatSeg
(46,786 posts)Phoenix61
(16,950 posts)I wonder how much pressure they put on the local government to get a handle on this.
genxlib
(5,506 posts)Mayport is for ships and the Naval Air Station for aircraft.
brewens
(13,393 posts)Neither party is likely to have the usual big indoor convention this time. He should have left it up in the air until the last possible minute. It's probably time to throw in the towel and just announce it's not gonna happen. Democrats need to come up with some kind of alternate plan to do it online and or outside with actual social distancing.
What city is going to be dumb enough to take over and start planning for a convention if Trump dumps Jacksonville?
drray23
(7,587 posts)Read the news. It will be an online virtual convention.
brewens
(13,393 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,478 posts)And deprive their Dear leader of tens of thousands of adoring, screaming fans when he speaks. Trump wants the balloons and confetti to flow.
Trump gets off on all the pomp and circumstance to him.
BannonsLiver
(16,161 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)With balloons and four more years! chants and all that ego-stroking crap. Or so hes told his friends (that word always seem so weird in reference to drumpf).
BannonsLiver
(16,161 posts)I said Jacksonville will reverse the mask rule just before the GOP convention.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)Instead of citations for the republicans in their convention hall without masks simply announce we will turn off the power.