(CNN) Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel announced on Thursday that President Donald Trump will accept the Republican nomination this year in Jacksonville, Florida. "We are thrilled to celebrate this momentous occasion in the great city of Jacksonville," McDaniel said in a news release. Trump will make the speech at the 15,000-person VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, the release said. Because the party signed a contract to hold the convention in Charlotte, they are obligated to hold some portion of the convention in the North Carolina city. But the announcement now guarantees that this year's Republican convention will be unlike any other in modern history, where delegates officially elect their nominee in one location, while the nominee accepts the nomination hundreds of miles away.

Source: CNN June 12, 2020 00:36 UTC