Vote to renominate Donald Trump will be conducted in private
U.S. President Donald Trump walks toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on July 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The vote to renominate President Donald Trump is set to be conducted in private later this month, without members of the news media present.
A spokeswoman for the Republican National Convention cites the coronavirus for restricting press coverage from the Aug. 24 vote in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Nominating conventions are traditionally meant to be media bonanzas, as political parties seek to leverage the attention the events draw to spread their message to as many voters as possible.
If the GOP decision stands, it will mark the first party nominating convention in modern history to be closed to reporters.
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