Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Ronna McDaniel joined “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday to explain how the RNC plans to hold a safe convention in Jacksonville, Florida, this August despite the increase in cases of coronavirus in the state.
“We are going to … listen to local authorities and make sure it is a safe and healthy convention,” said McDaniel, adding that the RNC “will deliver on what the mayor and governor are saying.”
Over the weekend, hundreds of Florida sent a letter to Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and the city council calling for the RNC to be reduced or postponed.
“Allowing this number of people to descend on Jacksonville is undoubtedly disease-causing, predictably harmful, and medically disrespectful to the citizens of this city, let alone the rest of the country,” said the letter, which was first reported by First Coast News. . On Monday, Jacksonville ordered the use of masks indoors, as well as in outdoor locations where social estrangement is not possible.
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The business portion of the convention, in which President Trump will be officially nominated as a Republican nominee, will take place in Charlotte, North Carolina, while the celebratory portion will take place in Jacksonville. The major events were moved from North Carolina after a confrontation between the RNC and North Carolina officials over health restrictions.
“The difference with Charlotte is that the governor would not give us any guidance,” McDaniel said, “so we continually approached him and said, ‘We will test the people, we will do this and that,’ and he said, ‘I am not I will give no guidance.
“And in Florida, it’s not about politics, it’s about health and safety.
“We are going to test everyone,” he continued. “We are going to have temperature controls, we are going to disinfect.”
McDaniel added that personal protective equipment will be provided.
“We can do this safely and not let politics get in the way, which unfortunately is what was happening in North Carolina,” he insisted.
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“They understand that we can do things healthily and safely by working together and unfortunately in the Governor of North Carolina [Roy] Cooper would not work with us at all, would not give us guidelines and it simply would not have been fair to bring thousands of people to a city where, at the time, only ten people were allowed to enter a certain building, “she continued.
“So we had to start moving forward and making plans and we are working hand in hand with Florida officials, which is not what we received from the Governor of North Carolina.”
Fox News’ Ronn Blitzer contributed to this report.
