Pres. Trump is skipping campaign events temporarily amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and now his campaign and the Republican National Committee are shifting all current events on the schedule to virtual, RNC officials tell ABC News.
and now his campaign and the Republican National Committee are shifting all current events on the schedule to virtual, RNC officials tell ABC News.The move came late Thursday following the publication of an ABC News report detailing hundreds of events that were slated to take place starting on Friday. Trump's behemoth ground operation, a joint effort between the RNC and the campaign named Trump Victory, had planned an in-person"national week of training," with events across the U.
President Donald Trump signs an emergency funding bill to combat COVID-19, coronavirus, as Health Secretary Alex Azar looks on in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, March 6, 2020. President Donald Trump signs an emergency funding bill to combat COVID-19, coronavirus, as Health Secretary Alex Azar looks on in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, March 6, 2020.The official Trump campaign account had promoted the upcoming nationwide events on Twitter as recently as Wednesday.Between March 13-19, Trump Victory had around 470 events stretched across dozens of states as the campaign turns toward the general election and ramps up its ground game effort.
The majority of the events were Trump Victory Leadership Trainings, which can usually feature between upwards of 100-200 people -- sometimes much larger -- and are volunteer training sessions specific to each state.President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally, March 2, 2020, in Charlotte, N.C.
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