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Pelosi suggests large venue for DNC amid pandemic
The Hill via MSN ^ | 5/09/20 | Juliegrace Brufke

Posted on 05/09/2020 3:25:16 AM PDT by Libloather

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she has suggested to Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez that the party hold its nominating convention in a large stadium that would allow for social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Democratic National Convention is scheduled to take place in Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 17-20. But the health emergency the country is facing has caused uncertainty over how conventions can safely take place.

Pelosi said finding a space that would allow individuals to remain six feet apart and potentially shortening the length of the event could be an option.

"When I was a girl, I went with my parents to the convention in Los Angeles, and at that convention, John F. Kennedy was nominated. And he gave his acceptance speech in the Coliseum, this enormous ... stadium. So when Obama did that in Denver, everybody said, 'Oh, it's the first time,' [but] that wasn't the first time: John F Kennedy was the first time," she said during an interview with C-SPAN on Friday evening.

"So my suggestion to Mr. Perez was get a gigantic stadium and put people six feet apart," she continued. "So maybe instead of having 80,000 people there, you would have 16,000 people there and just do it all in one day. I served [on] the platform committee [in 1992] so I know what that entails ... [you] have your platform and then nominate your vice president, nominate the president, have your speeches and everyone go home."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 202005; 202008; 20200817; caronavirus; convention; dnc; pelosi
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Golf clap for Gropin' Joe.
1 posted on 05/09/2020 3:25:16 AM PDT by Libloather
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I've got the perfect location. Large, modern stadium. Beautiful mountain views. Conveniently located in Teheran, Iran.


2 posted on 05/09/2020 3:33:07 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Reply or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism list)
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To: Libloather

High school gymnasium?


3 posted on 05/09/2020 3:38:01 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Libloather

I thought they were going to hold the convention by mail.


4 posted on 05/09/2020 3:40:42 AM PDT by Moonman62 (http://www.freerepublic.com/~moonman62/)
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To: Libloather

The optics on television could be great - it will neither look nor sound like there are many people supporting the demonkraps.


5 posted on 05/09/2020 3:42:06 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot
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the Gobi Desert isn’t too crowded that time of year

And they can be near 1.9 Billion of their klosest kommie komrads

(That would be kkk for you less attentive lurkers)


6 posted on 05/09/2020 3:50:01 AM PDT by Oscar in Batangas ( (January 20, 2017, High Noon. The end of an error.))
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To: Libloather

In reality, it will provide cover for a VERY low turnout.


7 posted on 05/09/2020 3:55:41 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Libloather

I hear Biden suggests Ebbets Field where the Brooklyn Dodgers play.


8 posted on 05/09/2020 3:56:51 AM PDT by conservative98
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So....she wants a big convention in person...but it won't be safe for people to vote in person in November?

The evidence is increasing that the lockdown proponents don't believe their own b.s.

9 posted on 05/09/2020 4:07:42 AM PDT by Lysandru
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

They should have their convention of idiots in the desert and they should ban water.


10 posted on 05/09/2020 4:13:17 AM PDT by Rdct29 (Democrats are the new Nazi's. They think they deserve total control over the people)
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To: conservative98

lol...


11 posted on 05/09/2020 4:15:13 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

How about a large OUTDOOR stadium in the Seattle area? Then they could get sympathy votes for standing in the rain


12 posted on 05/09/2020 4:43:57 AM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no justice until The PIAPS is legally executed)
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To: Oscar in Batangas
Gobi Desert -- excellent suggestion. Social distancing shouldn't be a problem.


13 posted on 05/09/2020 4:49:05 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Reply or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism list)
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I went with my parents to the convention in Los Angeles, and at that convention, John F. Kennedy was nominated. And he gave his acceptance speech in the Coliseum, this enormous... stadium. So when Obama did that in Denver, everybody said, 'Oh, it's the first time,'[but] that wasn't the first time: John F Kennedy was the first time," she said during an interview with C-SPAN on Friday evening.

However, It WAS the first time that a Presidential Candidate, BARACK OBAMA, used a replica of Pergamon - REVELATION'S SEAT OF SATAN - as a backdrop for his acceptance speech.

Obama and Pergamon - The Seat Of Satan

14 posted on 05/09/2020 5:07:07 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 32:12))
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“When I was a girl, I went with my parents to the convention in Los Angeles, and at that convention, John F. Kennedy was nominated. And he gave his acceptance speech in the Coliseum, this enormous ... stadium...”

“...and then I asked myself, ‘Is that all there is...to a convention? Is that...all there is? IS that all there is? If that’s all there is, my friends, then let’s keep dancing. Let’s break out the booze and have a ball, if that’s all, there is.”


15 posted on 05/09/2020 5:07:34 AM PDT by avenir
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To: Libloather

How about the middle of the Atlantic ocean.


16 posted on 05/09/2020 5:15:44 AM PDT by Renkluaf
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To: Fai Mao

Biden can sneak in from his bunker in Delaware. The Stadium will be trashed, like the days of Obama.


17 posted on 05/09/2020 5:49:54 AM PDT by FreedBird
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
I think Mecca would be more appropriate.
18 posted on 05/09/2020 5:59:20 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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Pelosi was a ‘girl’ when JFK was nominated?

That would have to have been 1960. I graduated HS in 1957 & I am 80. Pelosi is about the same age——

Another stretch of her ‘truths’.


19 posted on 05/09/2020 7:01:36 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Rdct29

Burning Man has been cancelled—— Black Rock Desert is open.


20 posted on 05/09/2020 7:07:14 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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