“Everything we’ve changed together has changed because of Covid,” McDaniel said. “The president rightly said we’ll leave Jacksonville because we do not want to have any resources removed from a city dealing with a pandemic. And he brought it back to the White House, which is his residence.”
Democrats have questioned whether President Donald Trump has broken the law with his plans to deliver his speech by accepting the Republican nomination for president from the White House. They cited the Hatch Act, a law that restricts federal workers from participating in certain political activities, and also asked whether Trump might have been a separate law that prohibits federal employees from engaging in political activity.
While Trump himself is exempt from the Hatch Act, other employees could be the subject. First Lady Melania Trump is also expected to deliver her speech at the White House Rose Garden.
McDaniel confirmed that Trump will be in North Carolina on Monday for the start of the convention. “He has not confirmed if he will come through Charlotte yet, but we have the delegates here,” she said.
When asked what precautionary measures the RNC is taking to protect the nearly 300 people who will gather in Charlotte for the Covid-19 convention, McDaniel took a hit at last week’s all-virtual Democratic National Convention.
“It’s really important to understand that the Democrats and Joe Biden just said we’ll shut down this country again. And that’s a really elite view of America at the moment,” she said.
The RNC tested attendees before coming to Charlotte, and they tested people on the site, McDaniel said.
“We do the things that enable people to live their lives, have a convention and do it in a healthy and safe way,” she said.
