I have two reactions to this:
1) Bring it on, this will really hurt Hillary, who will by that time have so tightly embraced the back voting block, as to be aligned perfectly with it. When white voters see this kind of nonsense, they will flock away from her.
2) The GOP needs to do some contingency planning, for this threat or something else, so that delegates can cast their votes remotely. Call it a virtual convention, but have a plan B out there so that, if delegates where stuck in their hotel(s) the show could still go on. I wouldn’t have selected Cleveland, but... I suppose it beats Baltimore.
What they need to do is say Cleveland, but be meeting somewhere else.
Or tell them Springfield and let them assume its the one in Illinois, but really be in another state.
Keep in mind it is distinctly possible we may be looking a a brokered convention this time.
I can see several scenarios where that happens.
I wouldn’t have selected Cleveland, but... I suppose it beats Baltimore.
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I just don’t understand why the GOP seems to select liberal, Dem-led cities for their conventions...
A few years ago there was street violence, businesses and autos damaged, etc., at a GOP convention in... (I think) some city that starts with an M... maybe Milwaukee?
Why doesn’t the GOP select more Conservative cities for their conventions? It would hold down the liberal demonstrations.