“President Donald Trump redirected the Republican National Convention to Florida after North Carolina’s Democratic governor couldn’t ‘guarantee’ a full venue in August because of the coronavirus pandemic” Politico reports.
“But with coronavirus cases skyrocketing in Florida as Trump’s poll numbers drop in his must-win battleground state, it looks like the president won’t get his full-blown festivities there, either.”
“Trump himself seemed to acknowledge that his plans for an all-out reelection bash will likely be crimped. He had the power to put his convention in the home of more politically friendly local officials, but Trump can’t change the inherent problems in holding a political convention in the middle of a global pandemic.”