Cancelled plans for 2020 Republican National Convention in Jacksonville
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Resisting the prospect of downscaling the 2020 Republican National Convention in compliance with state health measures in North Carolina, U.S. President Donald Trump announced in May 2020 that most aspects of the convention would be moved from Charlotte to the Florida city of Jacksonville. In Florida (which had a Republican governing trifecta), it was hoped that the Republican Party could stage a full-scale in-person convention to Trump's liking. In the weeks that followed, a Jacksonville host committee developed plans for the convention, and raised a portion of the funds needed to stage the convention. However, rising COVID-19 infection rates in Florida resulted in the ultimate cancellation of plans to stage the convention in Jacksonville, and a decision was instead forced to significantly downscale the convention. Instead of Jacksonville, the 2020 convention was ultimately centered in Washington, D.C., significantly downsized.
Background
The 2020 Republican National Convention was initially scheduled to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina. Months out from the planned convention, even as it became apparent that the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic would render a large in-person convention an unwise risk, incumbent Republican president Donald Trump remained resistant to the prospect of downscaling the convention at which he was to be re-nominated. On June 2, 2020, President Donald Trump (who was to be renominated at the convention) and the Republican National Committee jointly decided to pull the event from Charlotte after the North Carolina state government declined to agree to Trump's demands to allow the convention to take place with a full crowd and without public health measures designed to prevent the spread of disease during the pandemic, such as social distancing and face coverings. Trump chose to relocate the convention to another state, in hopes of circumventing North Carolina's pandemic health restrictions so that Trump could be re-nominated in front of a full-scale in-person convention crowd.
A major party presidential nominating convention had not changed its planned host city since the 1972 Republican National Convention (which was relocated from the originally-scheduled San Diego and was instead held in Miami Beach).
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