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Trump Calls Off Florida Segment of GOP National Convention

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he had
   canceled segments of the Republican National Convention scheduled for
   Florida next month, citing a "flare-up" of the coronavirus. Convention
   events will still be held in North Carolina.

   "To have a big convention is not the right time," Trump said of
   Jacksonville.

   Trump moved parts of the GOP convention to Florida last month amid a
   dispute with North Carolina's Democratic leaders over holding an event
   indoors with maskless supporters. But those plans were steadily scaled
   back as virus cases spiked in Florida and much of the country over the
   last month.

   A small subset of GOP delegates will still gather in Charlotte, North
   Carolina, to formally renominate Trump on August 24. Trump said he
   would deliver an acceptance speech in an alternate form.

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