Trump Scraps Big Republican Convention in Florida as Virus Rages
- Decision follows host state posting record deaths from virus
- Democrats offering nearly all-virtual convention in Milwaukee
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President Donald Trump relented Thursday to worries about the coronavirus and canceled his Florida nominating convention, the biggest event of his re-election campaign, as the host state posted record deaths from the pandemic.
“I told my team it’s time to cancel the Jacksonville, Florida, component of the GOP convention,” Trump said Thursday at the White House. “We didn’t want to take any chances.”