New: RNC restricts convention attendance as Florida coronavirus cases climb

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/16/republican-convention-attendance-florida-coronavirus-cases-365559

Party chair Ronna McDaniel outlined the plans in a letter to RNC members.

While convention planning typically takes place over the span of two years, Republicans have just two months to organize the event in Florida and raise tens of millions of dollars.

By ALEX ISENSTADT

07/16/2020 08:00 AM EDT

The Republican National Committee is planning to sharply limit attendance for its convention in Jacksonville, Fla. next month, shrinking the event celebrating President Donald Trump’s renomination amid concerns about coronavirus.

Party Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, who is overseeing planning for the convention, has written a letter to RNC members saying that attendance for the first three nights of the four-night event will be limited to delegates. When Trump delivers his nomination acceptance speech on the fourth night of the convention, August 27, attendance will be expanded to delegates, a guest of their choosing, and alternate delegates.

Activists, lawmakers and donors typically pack arenas for the events in other election years, and the GOP just moved its convention to Jacksonville from Charlotte last month over worries that state and local authorities in North Carolina would not permit as large a bash as Trump wanted to kick off the final stretch of the 2020 campaign. But with coronavirus cases skyrocketing in Florida, McDaniel wrote in the letter that “adjustments must be made to comply with state and local health guidelines.”

“I want to make clear that we still intend to host a fantastic convention celebration in Jacksonville,” McDaniel wrote. “We can gather and put on a top-notch event that celebrates the incredible accomplishments of President Trump’s administration and his re-nomination for a second term — while also doing so in a safe and responsible manner.”

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Spanky McBabyhands is likely blowing a gasket as we speak...

[Funtatlaguy]

1. Does Ronna love her Uncle as much as Mary Trump loves hers? 🤪🤪🤪

[fleur-de-lisa]

2. So they're giving Chump an excuse for low turnout.

The Orange Anus will be able to say that by ‘sharply limiting attendance’ the crowds will be tiny. But the truth is no one wants to go to the CoronaPalooza.

[marmar]

5. That's what I was thinking....

.... they already know nobody's coming.

[Captain Zero]

3. smooth move, bowels, taking the convention from NC to the dregs of Covids Hell in Florida.

Should be a bullet point on his resume when he "just finds something else".

[2naSalit]

4. I had a feeling it would implode...