Barron Trump ditches his father by refusing to be an RNC delegate

The Republican Party of Florida chose Barron Trump to be a delegate to the Republican convention, but the former president's son declined.

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Former First Lady Melania Trump's office said in a statement Friday. “While Barron is honored to be selected as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he unfortunately declines to attend due to prior commitments.”

The youngest Trump graduates from Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach, Florida, next Friday. The former president is getting the day off from his upcoming funds trial in New York to attend.

A Trump campaign official previously told POLITICO that Barron is “very interested in the political process in our country.”

Barron Trump may be interested in the political process, but he doesn't seem interested in spending four days of his summer supporting his father. None of this is surprising. Even the young Barron understands the bad optics of being a proxy for his potentially convicted criminal father.

Ivanka Trump plans to get back at her dad and the campaign, but she won't appear until the criminal trial is over.

The Trump family is nothing but transactional.

The story that Barron Trump was going to be an RNC delegate has always sounded very off-putting to the Trumps. Of course, the Trumps will all be speaking at the Republican convention before the convention begins, but the fact that Trump can't even make his youngest son his delegate underscores the dumpster fire nature of his third. run for president.

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Jason is the editor-in-chief. She is also the White House Press Center and Congressional Correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a BA in Political Science. Her graduate work focused on public policy, specializing in social reform movements.

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