‘I’ll probably do mine live from the White House’ Donald Trump likely giving Republican Convention acceptance speech on South Lawn because it’s easiest and cheapest
- President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will most likely give his Republican Convention speech live from the South Lawn of the White House
- ‘I’ll probably do mine live from the White House,’ he told Fox & Friends in a call-in interview, claiming that plan is the ‘easiest, least expensive’ and ‘very beautiful’
- The first night of the convention, where delegates will vote to nominate Trump, will still take place in the original location of Charlotte, North Carolina
- Trump tried to move his speech to Jacksonville, Florida so he could have a big crowd for his acceptance speech, but had to change course due to coronavirus
Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will likely give his Republican nomination speech from the White House after he was forced to shake up convention plans several times due to coronavirus restrictions.
‘We’re going to do virtual and we’re going to do some live speeches from different locations,’ Trump detailed to Fox & Friends during a Wednesday morning call-in interview. ‘And I’m going to do mine on Thursday night, and that will be live.’
‘I’ll probably do mine live from the White House,’ Trump said of the speech, confirming reports that he is considering moving the main event of the convention to Washington, D.C.
Trump said while he is open to giving his speech from a different location, he feels the White House is the ‘easiest, least expensive’ and ‘very beautiful’ location.
Donald Trump Fox & Friends Wednesday morning that he will likely give his Republican Convention acceptance speech ‘live from the White House’ because it is the ‘easiest, least expensive’ and a ‘very beautiful’ option
Reports emerged ahead of Trump’s comments that the speech would be on the South Lawn after the president was forced to change plans a few times due to coronavirus restrictions in North Carolina and Florida
‘First Lady is making a speech,’ the president continued, ‘numerous people are making speeches – senators, a lot of really, really terrific people.’
He said that some ‘warrior congressmen,’ like his Capitol Hill allies Jim Jordan and Matt Gaetz, will be making speeches as part of the Republican National Convention nominating events.
The first night of the four-day convention will still take place on August 26 in Charlotte, North Carolina – the original site of the quadrennial event.
That Monday will be the nomination voting night, which will be live streamed.
Reports indicated over the weekend that the media would be barred from attending the convention in Charlotte in-person – but Trump said those reports were not true.
‘We’re going to let the press go in to watch it,’ Trump told the Fox & Friends panel. ‘But you know, socially distanced.’
The convention initially was scheduled to take place in Charlotte but the president pushed the committee to change the events to Jacksonville, Florida after North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper restricted attendance numbers due to concerns over coronavirus.
Florida, at the time of the change had much looser lockdown orders, which would have allowed for the president to have his desired crowd for his nomination acceptance speech.
Due to a surge in cases in the Sunshine State, however, lockdown orders were reinstated and the president gave up on moving his speech – and other major convention events – to Florida.
Since then, the official plans have been up in the air with no final decision being announced.
Several hundred Republican delegates will gather in Charlotte on August 24 to nominate Trump as the Republican presidential candidate.
There will then be three more days of speeches and programming from sites that are still undetermined, ending with Trump’s speech August 27 – likely at the White House.