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Barron Trump’s entrance onto the national political stage has at least been delayed.
Two days after the Republican Party of Florida announced he would be one of their at-large delegates to the Republican National Convention in July, which was first reported by NBC News, former first lady Melania Trump issued a statement saying he would not be participating.
“While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he regretfully declines to participate due to prior commitments,” read the statement first reported by the Daily Mail.
The statement comes after Florida GOP officials on Wednesday signed off on the slate of at-large delegates that it’s sending to the RNC convention in Milwaukee.
The Trump family-heavy Florida delegate slate also includes Eric Trump as delegation chair, and other family members including Donald Trump Jr. and his fiancee Kimberly Guilfoyle; and Tiffany Trump and her husband, Michael Boulos.
Barron, though, got the majority of attention because he has not previously been a political figure.
