US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he wants to deliver his Republican nomination acceptance speech from the confines of the White House, reported PTI quoting a media report.

President Trump, 75, is seeking re-election on a Republican party ticket this November when America goes to the polls.

The Republican convention will be held from August 24 to August 27. The convention, which was initially scheduled for Charlotte in North Carolina, was moved to Jacksonville in Florida and had to be cancelled yet again due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the key-electoral swing state.

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Speaking to news outlet The New York Post, Trump said that he intends to give his Republican National Convention speech from the White House lawn.

“I’ll probably be giving my speech at the White House because it is a great place. It’s a place that makes me feel good, it makes the country feel good,” Trump told the media house. He added that it would also be easy for law enforcement agencies and the Secret Service.

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“We’d do it possibly outside on one of the lawns, we have various lawns, so we could have it outside in terms of the China virus,” Trump told the daily, as he referred to the social distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Having won the GOP primaries, Trump will formally be nominated by the party through its virtual convention later this month.

When asked if he had formally accepted the Republican nomination for president with a crowd of supporters, he said that “We could have quite a group of people. It’s very big, a very big lawn. We could have a big group of people.”

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Trump’s move, however, has sparked a backlash from critics and some Republicans, reported the media outlet. The move to use the White House for the Republican nomination acceptance speech may violate the Hatch Act. The Hatch Act limits the political activities of federal employees while on duty.