WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination will be held at either the White House or the Gettysburg battlefield.
In a Monday tweet, Trump says a decision on the location of the Aug. 27 speech will be made soon.
Both sites are federal property raising legal and ethical issues for their use in a political event. The Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania could also resurface the president’s defense of monuments to heroes of Confederacy.
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Trump’s original plans to address the convention in Charlotte and Jacksonville, Florida, were upended by the coronavirus. Now, most of the convention will be conducted virtually.
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