WASHINGTON - Republicans are gearing up to formally nominate President Donald Trump as the party's choice to run for the White House at this week's Republican National Convention (RNC), which will run from Monday (Aug 24) to Thursday.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - Republicans are gearing up to formally nominate President Donald Trump as the party's choice to run for the White House at this week's Republican National Convention , which will run from Monday to Thursday.
Attendees will have to undergo Covid-19 tests before they arrive. They will also have to wear masks, be subject to daily temperature checks and put on badges equipped with Bluetooth technology to enable easier contact tracing in case someone later tests positive for Covid-19. This year's RNC was to have taken place entirely in Charlotte. But Mr Trump moved the headline events to Jacksonville, Florida, after North Carolina's Democratic governor declined the Trump campaign's request to relax the state's social distancing rules and allow full convention halls and no masks.
The reports also said other speakers who will deliver addresses from various locations include former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, House minority leader Kevin McCarthy, and Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, who is the only African-American Republican senator. Also speaking is Kentucky high school student Nick Sandmann, who was vilified on social media in 2019 after being photographed wearing the Trump campaign's Make America Great Again caps while seemingly harassing a Native American activist.
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