Sen. Grassley will not attend the Republican National Convention next month in Florida due to coronavirus concerns, his office tells NBCNews.
The Republican National Committee announced last month that it picked Jacksonville, Florida, as the site where President Donald Trump will accept the party's nomination after bailing on Charlotte, North Carolina, over coronavirus restrictions. Florida is one of the states that has seen a recent coronavirus spike with over 200,000 confirmed new cases as of July 6.
The move to Florida, a crucial battleground state, comes after the committee was at loggerheads with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, who was reluctant to ease COVID-19 restrictions. The convention is scheduled for the week of Aug. 24; Trump plans to accept the Republican presidential nomination at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. The committee said it would have safety precautions in place, such as temperature checks, social distancing, and sanitizing stations.
Former Vice President Joe Biden will accept the Democratic presidential nomination at a nearly all-virtual convention in Milwaukee in August, the Democratic National Committee said late last month. Delegates were told to stay home because of
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