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TexasTowelie

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Thu Jul 9, 2020, 12:51 AM Jul 2020

Lawsuit seeks to stop GOP convention in Jacksonville

Various plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Duval County want to see the Republican National Convention stopped from coming to Jacksonville or at least capped at 2,500 attendance.

The suit targets a panoply of parties, including the city of Jacksonville, the Republican National Committee, the Donald Trump campaign, and ASM Global, which manages events for the city.

The claim: that the “congregation of thousands of people” for the convention “under the circumstances and practices encouraged and required by the Republican National Committee” would be a “nuisance injurious” to Jacksonville residents.

Furthermore, the “congregation of thousands of people in close proximity for extended periods of time will constitute a nuisance and cause a massive spread of COVID-19 in Jacksonville and throughout Northeast Florida.”

Read more: https://floridapolitics.com/archives/347536-lawsuit-seeks-to-stop-rnc-in-jacksonville

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