In a modern first, the press will not be present when the GOP votes to renominate
Donald Trump for president
The media will be barred from the
Republican national convention where Donald Trump is set to be renominated as presidential candidate later this month, a spokeswoman said on Saturday, citing
Coronavirus restrictions.
While Trump called off the public components of the convention in
Florida last month, citing spiking cases of the virus across the country, 336 delegates are scheduled to gather in Charlotte, North Carolina, on 24 August to formally vote to make Trump the GOP standard-bearer once more.