GOP officials announced on Thursday that they’re dialing back on the size of next month’s Republican National Convention in Jacksonville, amid a new surge in coronavirus cases in Florida and many other states across the country. JACKSONVILLE MANDATES WEARING OF MASKS DUE TO CORONAVIRUSThe RNC last month chose Jacksonville to host major portions of the convention, after largely abandoning the city of Charlotte, N.C., over disagreements on coronavirus-related crowd restrictions. The president and Republican officials were angered after Gov. But new cases of the coronavirus have surged dramatically in Florida in recent weeks, raising fresh concerns regarding the convention. QUESTIONS REMAIN AS DEMOCRATS SPELL OUT VIRTUAL CONVENTION RULESThe Democratic National Convention – which was pushed back a month and is scheduled to start on Aug. 17 – is still being held in Milwaukee.

Source: Fox News July 16, 2020 14:48 UTC