‘No concerns’: Excited Republican delegates confident GOP convention safe to attend

Published May 21, 2020 11:00am ET



Republican delegates are enthusiastic about attending the party’s quadrennial convention, with GOP activists saying the coronavirus is not discouraging them from traveling to Charlotte, North Carolina, in August to renominate President Trump.

Conventions typically draw tens of thousands of people from all over the country, casting a cloud over the Democratic and Republican parties’ ability to convene normally this summer amid a pandemic that has cost more than 90,000 lives in the United States. But even as Democratic delegates express apprehension about gathering in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to nominate former Vice President Joe Biden, Republicans delegates say they are not concerned that participating in a traditional convention will jeopardize their health.

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