Trump cancels Republican convention in Jacksonville over coronavirus concerns

Donald Trump has pulled the plug on holding part of the 2020 Republican National Convention in Jacksonville, saying a spike in coronavirus cases in Florida means "the timing for this event is not right."

[thegrouse]

Over attendance concerns more like 😂😂 person, man, woman, TV, camera!!

[hollyhocks]

He’s scared nobody would have turned no mates.

[connorohoare]

Didn’t he say it was just a cold though ?

[ednwab]

It’s a bit late to start taking it seriously now, I wonder if an election is looming 🤔

[adrian]

You can always tell when he is telling a lies, his lips move.

[brownsugar]

Ohhh.. but it's ok to force schools to open.. huh??

[footballnerd]

Let's be honest, he cancelled it because many Republican politicians were beginning to pull out of going to it.

If he cared about public health he never would have considered doing it in the first place!

[russk]

Too big a health risk for a convention but he still wants the schools to open. You don't think he's a sociopath? Really?

[Zoe-xyhg]

‘I have to protect the American people, that’s what I’ve always done’ ... might want to retake that cognitive test

[williamkennedy]

the convention has been moved to moscow. congrats vlad. you take him

[franklinnash]

I laughed so much a little bit of wee came out.

[Spacey]

What a load of bullshit! Hopefully he's too late for this to effect the ection results! 😡😡😡😷😷😷

[andrewm]

I bet he will be crying into his pillow tonight

[SajidKhan-jgbk]

Protecting the American people he is, alright!😃😃😃

[davidharrop]

Such a million people wanted to attend.

[pjam]

He’s 4 months behind everyone else on the way he’s talking about the corona virus. It’s so obvious that this is his new campaign manager has had to sit him down and explain why he’s loosing. I just hope the US don’t fall for it.

[telectronix]

Ironically, if there had actually been a nationwide, comprehensive and mandated conventions could be going ahead (albeit with a spread out audience).

Failure trump getting in the way of being able to hold his rallies. 😅

[cccro]

Get Ready Everybody, he's playing everyone. This isn't Donald Trump as we know him. Whose taking the bait?

[FrzeBurn]

No big deal, when you're going to win anyway why risk it.

[dijohnson]

That Trump impersonator was spot on with appearance but the real Donald Trump would never have said those things. All kidding aside, he cancelled it because he didn't want to look like a lonely fool again, no one was going to that thing, maybe a few of his lemmings but no one with even half a brain would put themselves in that position!