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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Jul 9, 2020, 03:04 PM Jul 2020

Officials Terrified That Trump's Jacksonville Convention Will Be 'Another Tulsa'

Sam Newby was excited at first when the Republican National Convention decided to head to his city.

But the Republican vice president of the Jacksonville City Council, who was hospitalized with COVID-19 back in March, has grown more worried as the late August convention fast approaches. There weren’t many cases in the area when the move was first announced, Newby said, but he warned that “now it's really starting to spike.”

“In a normal situation, I would be glad for the RNC to come here, I would be the first one to be there,” Newby said.“But with the spike of it, and I know what it can do, that's why I'm concerned about it coming to Jacksonville.”

Trump’s drive for a Jacksonville convention is on a collision course with the rampant spread of the coronavirus in Florida. The public health situation in the state has continued to grow worse in recent weeks, setting up the tense spectacle of the GOP holding its marquee event next month in a state that has become an epicenter of a resurgent COVID-19.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/officials-terrified-trump-jacksonville-convention-085048614.html

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Officials Terrified That Trump's Jacksonville Convention Will Be 'Another Tulsa' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP
They won't be able to get 6,100 there. Nevilledog Jul 2020 #1
What could go wrong? fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 #2
The ball is in your court, Jax - TheCowsCameHome Jul 2020 #3
A week from tomorrow... lame54 Jul 2020 #4
That's putting it lightly! Initech Jul 2020 #5
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