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President Trump<\/a>\u00a0explained his decision to cancel<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0Republican National Convention<\/a>\u00a0events that were\u00a0scheduled to take place next month in Jacksonville, Fla.<\/a>,\u00a0in an exclusive interview on “Hannity” Thursday.<\/p>\n

Citing the rising numbers of COVID-19 in the state, Trump told Sean Hannity that he is “setting an example” with the last-minute change, which he hopes will encourage citizens to practice social distancing.<\/p>\n

TRUMP ANNOUNCES JACKSONVILLE PART OF GOP CONVENTION WILL BE CANCELED\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“It\u2019s really the China virus, call it COVID, call it any one of a lot of different names,” Trump said, “but we are setting an example. We\u00a0don’t want to have people so close\u00a0together.”<\/p>\n

Trump announced the cancellation during a press briefing at the White House earlier Thursday, telling reporters that “the timing for this event is…\u00a0just not right.”<\/p>\n

The Republican National Committee (RNC)\u00a0last 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.<\/p>\n

Trump told Hannity that he was looking forward to a large event in North Carolina, and slammed Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper whom he said\u00a0“could have treated us better.”<\/p>\n

“We’ve had such enthusiasm, everybody wanted to go,” he asserted. “You\u00a0know we went to North Carolina,\u00a0we wanted to do it there.\u00a0It was all set.\u00a0We were gonna build a beautiful\u00a0facility, and it got hit hard, and then the\u00a0governor really, he could have\u00a0treated us better.\u00a0Democrat governor, but we\u00a0are actually opening up there.”<\/p>\n

JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF WARNS REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AMID CORONAVIRUS COULD PUT COMMUNITY AT RISK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

While the Jacksonville portion of the convention has been canceled, Trump said delegates will still meet in North Carolina and that he will give an address when he accepts the nomination.<\/p>\n

“It\u00a0won’t be your typical\u00a0convention, I can say that,” the president acknowledged,\u00a0“but it’s gonna be very safe and I thought I had an obligation\u00a0not to have large numbers,\u00a0massive numbers crowded into a\u00a0room.”<\/p>\n

Bill Stepien,\u00a0Trump\u2019s reelection campaign<\/a>\u00a0manager, praised the move in a statement, writing:\u00a0\u201cLeading by example, President Trump has put the health and safety of the American people first with his decision on the Jacksonville convention.\u201d<\/p>\n

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And the Republican Party of Florida tweeted that Trump “made a selfless decision by canceling the FL component of\u00a0@GOP<\/a>\u00a0Convention.”<\/p>\n

Fox News’ Andrew O’Reilly and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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