Headline Roundup • August 5th, 2020
Trump Considering Giving Convention Speech From White House
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Newsmax (News)
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he's considering delivering his Republican convention acceptance speech from the White House in a move that would mark an unprecedented use of public property for partisan political purposes.
Trump also called for the first formal presidential debate, scheduled for Sept. 29, to be moved up on the calendar because early voting will have already begun in some states.
“Well, we're thinking about it,” Trump said when the hosts of Fox News Channel's “Fox & Friends” asked whether he'd deliver a speech accepting his party's...
Reuters
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will probably give his Republican presidential nomination speech live from the White House, although the plans have not been confirmed yet.
“We’re thinking about it. We’re thinking about doing it from the White House,” he said in an interview with Fox News. “It’s the easiest alternative.”
Trump cited the security costs of his travel and a convention speech and said holding it at the White House “would be by far the least expensive from the country’s standpoint.”
“I’ll probably do mine live from...
Politico
President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed reports that he is considering accepting the Republican Party’s 2020 presidential nomination in a nationally televised address delivered from the White House.
“I’ll probably do mine live from the White House,” Trump told “Fox & Friends” of his nomination acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention later this month, adding that he had not officially settled on a location for the primetime remarks.
“If for some reason somebody had difficulty with it, I would — I could, you know, go someplace else,” Trump said....
