It’s supposed to be a big day for Donald Trump. The moment when the US president is again proclaimed a candidate for the next election on November 3rd, celebrated by his Republicans. But the planning is bumpy.
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Actually, the Conservatives wanted to hold the nomination party conference in the state of North Carolina in the summer. But now they have to move – at least partially. Because the Corona rules in North Carolina are too strict for the Republicans, they simply relocate the candidate freelance to Florida.
“Official affairs” of the congress are to take place in Charlotte as originally planned, according to a statement from the Republicans. Trump will then accept the renewed nomination as a presidential candidate in Jacksonville, Florida, and the associated celebration will also take place in Florida. The Republicans announced that they would publish more details on the exact program in the coming weeks.
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Florida is not only the state in which US President Donald Trump is at home, but it is also crucial for the victory in the November election, said the leader of the Republican Party, Ronna McDaniel, on Thursday evening on Twitter.
North Carolina insisted on masks and fewer participants
Trump had announced last week that the major event planned for the end of August in North Carolina would have to be postponed due to a lack of guarantees from Governor Roy Cooper. Cooper had previously stated in a letter that the planned party conference with around 19,000 delegates in a stadium would only be feasible with restrictions in view of the coronavirus pandemic. A party congress without precautionary measures such as wearing masks and fewer participants currently appears “very unlikely,” said a letter from the governor to the Republicans.
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In the USA, each of the 50 states decides separately which corona requirements apply at what time and when it is time to relax. Holding large, fully attended events where participants can barely keep a safe distance is currently considered unlikely across the country. Trump rejects a virtual party conference, however.
However, Trump’s team apparently does not want to take responsibility for possible infections. Anyone who visits an election campaign appearance by the US President despite the corona pandemic does so at their own risk. In the event of infection, the organizers cannot be held liable for Covid-19 disease and possible consequences, according to a notice when registering online for the election campaign next Friday in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Those who register acknowledge that there is a risk of infection in every public place where people are present.
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Trump’s team rejects criticism
Trump announced on Wednesday that he would hold his first rally in more than three months next week. The pandemic is not yet over in the USA. In some US states there are new outbreaks, with the number of infections increasing sharply in some cases. The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore reported a clear upward trend in a number of states – including Arizona, Utah, Arkansas, South Carolina and Nevada in the south of the country. In former hot spots like New York and its neighboring regions, however, the numbers continue to decline.
The communications director of Trump’s campaign team, Tim Murtaugh, had rejected criticism of campaign events during the pandemic and referred to mass protests against racism and police violence following the death of African American George Floyd.
Trump’s rally will take place on June 19, a day to commemorate the end of slavery. In 1921, Tulsa was the scene of a gruesome massacre of black people by a mob of incensed whites. Historians consider this to be the worst clash between whites and blacks in the United States since the end of the American Civil War. Hundreds of people died.
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