Joe Biden's convention in Milwaukee tells ALL Democratic lawmakers to stay home with as few as 300 people slotted to appear with zoom sessions in the works for historic nomination

The Democratic National Convention is telling party lawmakers not to go to Milwaukee convention where former Vice President Joe Biden will accept the presidential nomination.

The move comes as officials move to scrap some events and move others online, even as President Trump makes plans to accept his party's nomination before a large crowd in Jacksonville. 

A senior advisor to the convention, Chasseny Lewis, contacted aides to all Democratic lawmakers with the guidance, the New York Times reported.  

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The Democratic convention is telling party lawmakers not to come to Milwaukee where Joe Biden will accept the party's nomination

'As the coronavirus cases in Milwaukee, and across the country continue to increase, we have been working closely with state and local public health officials, as well as epidemiologists, and have come to the hard decision that Members of Congress should not plan to travel to Milwaukee,' wrote Lewis, a former chief of staff to Texas Rep. Frederica Wilson. 'No delegates will travel to Milwaukee and Caucus and Council meetings will take place virtually.'

The Democratic convention is set for August 17 to 20. 

In ordinary times, lawmakers are desperate to procure hotel rooms and ducats for convention activities. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, a handful of GOP senators have already said they don't plan to go to Jacksonville to see President Trump accept his party's nomination.

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Delegates in the hall at the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 28, 2016

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In this file photo taken on January 07, 2020 The floor of the Fiserv Forum is seen during a media walk through ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. - The Democratic National Convention Committee will scale back this summer's convention considerably and is advising state delegates not to plan to travel to Milwaukee due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the committee announced June 24, 2020

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Biden's convention will be dramatically different from the one orchestrated by Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia in 2016

Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway told DailyMail.com Thursday that President Donald Trump might speak outside when he accepts his party's nomination.  'Outdoors if that's appropriate and that's what the local regulations say,' she said, asked about it following an event on regulations at the White House.

'This president will accept the nomination, the vice president will accept the nomination for reelection and he will be addressing the nation about the great things he's done for real people impact,' she said. She didn't answer a direct question about whether she would be attending. 

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President Trump might speak out doors at the Jacksonville convention, Kellyanne Conway told DailyMail.com

The Democratic affair is looking to be far more scaled-back. 

'What we know now is that this year's Convention will be reduced more drastically than we originally expected,' according to the email. Lewis said the convention would be in touch int he 'near future' with more information on the August convention and 'alternative ways' lawmakers can engage digitally.

According to the Times, as few as 300 people, including delegates, security, and journalists, might attend the Democratic event. 

Biden is calling his event a 'Convention Across America,' in recognition of the zoom-like sessions it is likely to feature.