Several Republican senators say they will not attend GOP convention
Source: USA TODAY
WASHINGTON Several top Republican lawmakers said they would skip the Republican National Convention as coronavirus cases climb in Florida, where President Donald Trump is set to accept the party's nomination in August before a large crowd.
The RNC backed out of Charlotte, North Carolina, last month and picked Jacksonville as the main site for the convention after North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles wouldn't commit to allowing a full convention because of health concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic.
On a Monday conference call with local reporters, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, at age 86 the oldest Republican senator, said he would avoid the convention "because of the virus situation." Grassley said he has attended every RNC since he was elected to the Senate in 1980.
Since the convention was moved, Jacksonville has begun requiring that face masks be worn in public and indoor locations as a health precaution.
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QED
(2,753 posts)Grassley, Alexander, Murkowski, and a very concerned Susan Collins.
rpannier
(24,350 posts)But only after telling us what an agonizing decision it was
erronis
(15,428 posts)Given her pucker-face, some hemorrhoidal lotion could be applied fore and aft.
NNadir
(33,582 posts)I'm sure senile old racist bastards are completely safe, since your policies assumed as much.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,398 posts)Everybody hates Trump
He's going out back to eat......well you know the rest.
erronis
(15,428 posts)Or "the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out"?
He and his morbid family are so ripe for derision.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,398 posts)That last line is "he'll go eat worms".