President Trump cancels the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville Florida Over Chinese Virus Concerns

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It’s a weird flu. We take necessary precautions, but we get on with the busy of living. The US has become the kingdom of the sick and the whining.

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Trump announces Jacksonville part of GOP convention will be canceled over coronavirus concerns
‘The timing for this event is not right, it’s just not right’

By Andrew O’Reilly, Paul Steinhauser | Fox News

Trump cancels Jacksonville portion of GOP convention, unveils guidelines for reopening America’s schools

President Trump announced Thursday that he is canceling the Republican National Convention events that were scheduled to take place next month in Jacksonville, Fla. – citing the rising numbers of COVID-19 in the state.

“The timing for this event is not right, it’s just not right,” Trump said during a press briefing at the White House. “To have a big convention, it’s just not the right time.”

Trump added: “There is nothing more important in our country than keeping our people safe.”

The Republican National Committee (RNC) last month chose Jacksonville to host major portions of the convention, after largely abandoning the city of Charlotte, N.C., over disagreements on coronavirus-related crowd restrictions.

JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF WARNS REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AMID CORONAVIRUS COULD PUT COMMUNITY AT RISK

The president and Republican officials were angered after Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina, a Democrat, said that because of the pandemic he wasn’t prepared to guarantee the RNC a full-fledged convention with an arena packed full of party officials, delegates and activists as desired by Trump.

While the Jacksonville portion of the convention has been canceled, Trump said that delegates will still meet in North Carolina and that he will give an address when he accepts the nomination.

California Governor Ronald Reagan delivers acceptance speech at the 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit, Michigan.

The president’s announcement comes as Florida has become the most recent epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic.

As of Thursday, the state had recorded more than 390,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 – including more than 9,000 in the last 24 hours – and over 5,500 deaths.

After deciding to move the celebratory aspects of the convention out of North Carolina, Jacksonville was likely attractive to GOP officials because it was the only city under consideration as a backup to Charlotte that has a Republican mayor in a state with a governor from the same party.

The RNC planned to hold the Jacksonville parts of the convention in the VyStar arena. But last week — as new cases of the coronavirus surged in Florida — Republican Party officials announced that they were downsizing the events in Jacksonville by limiting the number of people who could attend the convention and moving parts of the confab to outdoor venues.

The downshifting came soon after the city enacted a mandatory mask requirement for public and indoor locations.
Trump cancels Jacksonville part of Republican National Convention; White House calls for schools to reopen

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DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
3 years ago

Oh Boo-Hoo For You: Twitter Eyes Paid Subscription Model as Ad Revenue Plummets
http://ace.mu.nu/
“Twitter (TWTR) is actively exploring additional ways to make money from its users, including by considering a subscription model, CEO Jack Dorsey said Thursday. The move comes as Twitter suffers a sharp decline in its core advertising business. “

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

Love it!
Liberals are cheapskates.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

And leftists are poor at consequential thinking. Cancelling conservative Twitter accounts and encouraging oceans of rabid-dog tweets from crazy leftists, has consequences. People just abandon the platform. Trump was right: without him, Twitter would die.

WangDangDoodlinAllDayLong
WangDangDoodlinAllDayLong
3 years ago

now we know why the Dem☭nKKKrat’s have ramped up the WuhanVirus
rhetoric and numbers in Florida,
it was obviously just another deterrent or antagonistic move
to compromise Trump and his supporters.
What do you think they’ll use the virus hoax for next….?
~ Lol,
10) New Years Day 2021 | OUR ENTIRE FUTURE ?
(I’m fairly certain of this)
09) New Years Eve 2020 (TBD)
08) Christmas 2020 (TBD)
07) Thanksgiving 2020 (TBD)
06) 2020 Presidential Election (TBD)
05) Labor Day 2020 (TBD)
04) 2020 Trump Convention (DONE)
03) July 4th (DONE)
02) Schrool’s (DONE)
01) Economy (Done)

Well, there’s my TOP 10

anonQ
anonQ
3 years ago

You nailed it.

dingo
dingo
3 years ago

Well, there’s always what Louie Gohmert Introduces, AWESOME !
‘Filled with racism and hatred’: Louie Gohmert introduces legislation banning Democratic Party from Congress
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/filled-with-racism-and-hatred-gohmert-introduces-legislation-banning-democratic-party-from-congress

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago
Reply to  dingo

Louie is another one of the FEW good guys truly supporting Trump!

noitaint
noitaint
3 years ago
Reply to  dingo

Thanks for the link! Gotta love Louie!

Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
3 years ago
Reply to  dingo

Thank you for that link. Marvelous. Outstanding.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

That was a selfless and a tough decision. Trump is getting boxed in with this virus garbage and gives Biden cover. Biden would have to pay people to attend a large event.

Jay
Jay
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

I love that President Trump is letting the little tyrants dig their own graves.

Trump wants the governors/big city mayors to be the ones to call the shots. This puts them front and center, high-visibility where they have to account for every action like this they contemplate or actually enforce.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

Future of the DEM party?
Whatever “the thing” condemns, the DEMS embrace and advocate.

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noitaint
noitaint
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Con-Dems. condemns condoms, Planned Parenthood pre-paid parts for profit. Hopefully it will be a short aborted future.

Lunch_Money
Lunch_Money
3 years ago

A man went to his doctor the other day & asked,
“Doc, how long will this virus last?”
The doctor replied,
“How should I know, I’m not a Banker or a Politician!”

John U
John U
3 years ago
Reply to  Lunch_Money

…Nor an economist or a top broker on Wall St or the City of London or a paid up member of the Davos set (top 1-5%)!

noitaint
noitaint
3 years ago

President Trump knows what he is doing! democRats are self-destructing, Biden is a puppet, Nancy lost her broom, the House is full of “Porkers” and the “Rino’s are exposing themselves. The political virus-19 will become just another flu to contend with. BLM will be the new dem. party. And special thanks to St. Louie Gohmert!

Grandma Dorothy
Grandma Dorothy
3 years ago
Reply to  noitaint

Having voted for him I too thought that. Now I ask myself how he can make America great again when I haven’t seen it this bad in the whole of my 80 some years.
Sure, God managed it in six day but God isn’t the one that made that statement and He wasn’t the one that allowed it to be so destroyed.
We knew what the dems wanted to do but some of us never expected Trump to allow them to do it.
Guess I have to figure this out and I thought I was seeing what was going on in the shadows. Boy was I ever wrong.
BTW I’ve only had the flu (swine in 50’s or 60’s) in all my life. I have COPD but not a cold in over 30 some years. Skinny, frail old lady like me who doesn’t take extra vitamin C and lucky to remember to take a multi-vitamin two or three times a week. Must have something to do with those mud pies I made at 5 yo or that I was allowed to be around kids that had coughs and runny noses. lol About the only thing that accounts for such a strong immune system, wouldn’t you say? …

John U
John U
3 years ago

It’s because you’re from a tougher generation like my now departed parents, who endured WWII, economic crises including mass unemployment, having to cope without all the hi-tech gadgets & innovations so readily available today.

Grandma Dorothy
Grandma Dorothy
3 years ago
Reply to  John U

Thank you John. I still remember we couldn’t even turn on a candle when we went into the house until we had pulled down all the blackout shades. Were those some days, sigh. But now we are in worse days on our own shores, from within. I was fortunate. The doctor caught it in time before rickets did a real job on my legs/body. We were lucky to have dried beans and potatoes back in those days and I was born before the end of the depression. The strong were our parents but they were our example. : ) So glad you had a good example too. Lord love em! It’s for sure we always will, and thank the Lord I am so blessed that my children say the same.
Hope you have a great weekend…

Grandma Dorothy
Grandma Dorothy
3 years ago

You have to remember how good the democrats are at brainwashing. The younger generation is a perfect example. Then look at the “protesters.” They started out believing that what they were doing was their own idea. lol They can’t even put together the fact that GS has been supplying them the money to survive on and it has something to do with the whole thing. So why should we be surprised if even the right hears lies repeated over and over again and start to be suckered in?
As for that power of the left, haven’t you noticed how it has grown since 2016? And how our country has gotten worse and worse instead of great again. Leaves me wondering if all the dems impeachments was just a distraction for some other reason…

CreoleGumbo
CreoleGumbo
3 years ago

This is precisely why Trump needs to let people know that these reported “cases” are phony numbers. But instead of informing people he seems to have succumbed to the hysteria of CV19. Meanwhile, all the doctors in the country who have been providing people with the proper stats and letting everyone know that this is not even as bad as seasonal flu, but worse than the common cold are not being given publicity at all – by any TV stations, including FOX, which is supposed to be fair and balanced.

While I voted for Trump and will do so again I have been completely disappointed in his handling of this massive hoax.
Twila Brase RN of Citizens Council for Health Freedom has published 20 excellent presentations on Coronavirus, the CDC and the phony numbers that we are getting. Has anyone even heard of her work or seen her videos. She also has a book entitled “Big Brother in the Exam Room, the dangerous truth about electronic health records.”

Doctor Benjamin Rush, a signer of The Declaration of Independence, apparently wrote of “medical tyranny” and sadly it has come to pass and even more sadly Trump seems unaware of it.

John U
John U
3 years ago

Such manipulation exists here in Britain: UKGov with their powerful corporate friends including the lamestream media have almost from Day 1 (0?) deliberately exaggerated the risks & threats from Covid 19 including mortality. Woe betide any man or woman who has had the courage or intel to critcise the official narrative! It’s obvious what you mean by ’embedded people..’, they are the top brass & major investors in big pharma/biotech companies, who have vested interests. They promote the fearporn agenda with its OTT response including the use of a medieval tactic ‘lockdown’ for a modern illness. It’s so ridiculous, considering the genetic structure & genomic sequence of the virus are known and have been published openly.

John U
John U
3 years ago

Such manipulation exists here in Britain: UKGov with their powerful corporate friends including the lamestream media have almost from Day 1 (0?) deliberately exaggerated the risks & threats from Covid 19 including mortality. Woe betide any man or woman who has had the courage or intel to critcise the official narrative! It’s obvious what you mean by ’embedded people..’, they are the top brass & major investors in big pharma/biotech companies, who have vested interests. They promote the fearporn agenda with its OTT response including the use of a medieval tactic ‘lockdown’ for a modern illness. It’s so ridiculous, considering the genetic structure & genomic sequence of the virus are known and have been published openly.

Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
3 years ago

Promises Made.

Promises Broken.

dingo
dingo
3 years ago

Why do I get the Feeling,
Ivanka Cried.
….Not Kidding
This smacks of her tone-deaf advice

DVader
DVader
3 years ago

Wow. Some things are so obvious even Trump notices them.

Don39
Don39
3 years ago

The convention is not needed. We know who the candidate is and what he stands for. The left is handing him the election! Joe was doing it well enough when along came the listless Obama to assist. Of course we can thank BLM, ANTIFA, Soros and leftist ignorant damnocrat socio-communist for their help! Of course they are going to try to steal the election as they always do, and even more so this time because they do not have a prayer (leftist do not pray anyway) legally! Were they successful in disrupting the election, armed Americas is ready for the ensuing revolution!

Don39
Don39
3 years ago

Including the CDC!

Michael Goldman
Michael Goldman
3 years ago

Move it to South Dakota and don’t tell anyone until 2 days before. That way the Socialists can’t spread the virus there.

Jay
Jay
3 years ago

CDC can’t explain this!
This coronavirus is the strangest virus I’ve ever heard of. It’s very
dangerous the way it spreads. It is so mysterious the way it lurks in
schools, but then dies at Home Depot. It can wreak havoc in churches;
praying people are exceptionally vulnerable! Although it’s Mind-boggling
how it vanishes when people stand close together holding signs,
destroying businesses, homes, property, monuments, etc. Yet, standing to
watch a marathon or a concert triggers its wrath. It is sneaky.
It can spread when buying clothes at Kohl’s but not at Target. It is
non-alcoholic. It can’t spread when you are buying beer. It lives for
two days on Amazon boxes, you must wait 48 hours to touch them but It
can’t survive on Dunkin Donuts coffee cups, so enjoying a hot cup of joe
is safe. It is the most curious thing, how it lives on basketballs,
baseball bats and ballet bars, but dies on WWE ropes and Walmart
shopping carts. It is spread by hair stylists, dog groomers, and
dentists, but not by bank tellers, cashiers, and fast food workers. It’s
so smart. It won’t bother the first 10 people but it knows when the
11th person shows up so be careful if that’s you. It even knows what you
want vs what you need. If you want a massage or your nails done it is
very actively on the prowl and not even a mask can stop it but If you
need a plumber, it is weak, and a mask will keep it away. It also seems
to be most dangerous after 5:30pm so businesses must start to close
before the virus comes out and wreaks havoc upon the populations.
Whoever heard of such a smart sneaky virus?!?
Copy and Paste ! I did !

You’re a shmuck that has been buffaloed by the fake news media clowns.

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