I go by the philosophy of it’s better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.
I live in Jacksonville and have volunteered with the RNC to work in some capacity at the Convention or the events surrounding it....
I say call up the National Guard, seal off a large area of downtown around the hotels and arena.....
Designate areas outside of this zone for protesting.
The RNC Convention is going to happen somewhere, it might as well be in Jacksonville as anywhere and to back down because of pressure by Democrats would be huge titanic mistake
I’ve volunteered too. I certainly hope the mayor is not even considering their demands.
They really just want to eliminate the Republican Party - and Republicans - altogether. If the mayor is intimated into cancelling it in Jacksonville, I think it’s going to be very difficult to hold it anywhere - that is, it won’t happen at all. This, of course, is just what they want.
Jacksonville is an ideal place for the Republican convention: Republican controlled city, in a Republican state.
The police WILL NOT be ordered to “stand down” for Antifa.
I live in Clay but I’m very familiar with the area.
It will be nearly impossible to prevent the highways and bridges from being blocked by “protesters” from BLM and Antifa.
The slummy areas around the highways and bridges will provide the staging area for the “protesters.” They will just swarm up onto key highways and bridges and that’s it.
Police would have to evacuate a few square miles of inhabitants to prevent this, which is obviously impossible.
Lol ....Orlando had a Trump Rally in 2016.....
.....and the protesters were actually cordoned off in a wire pen......like a playpen!
We who were in line happily enjoyed the fun, the music the thrill of being there as we walked by the playpen....