Posted on 06/02/2020 6:33:18 PM PDT by Libloather
President Donald Trump said he is moving the Republican National Convention from Charlotte, hours after N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper said he couldnt guarantee that the August event would be at full capacity due to the coronavirus.
In a tweet Tuesday night, Trump said: Had long planned to have the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, a place I love. Now, @NC_Governor Roy Cooper and his representatives refuse to guarantee that we can have use of the Spectrum Arena - Spend millions of dollars, have everybody arrive, and then tell them they will not be able to gain entry.
Governor Cooper is still in Shelter-In-Place Mode, and not allowing us to occupy the arena as originally anticipated and promised. Would have showcased beautiful North Carolina to the World, and brought in hundreds of ..millions of dollars, and jobs, for the State.
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If the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, CA could be expanded, that would be classic rub in the nose to liberals.
It’s the Tar Heelers who don’t have a clue since Jesse Helms retired.
“Really? This is what Trump is focused on? Wasting your time on a convention while your country destroys itself wont get you re-elected, bank on it.”
If you paid attention to the news, this was in the works long before the ANTIFA riots in liberal and democrat run cities. But I can argue that it IS connected because these last few nights is just a test run on what will be seen at every Trump rally in liberal city. Democrats/ANTIFA. Why would anybody want to have a convention in such an environment? Secondly, the country is not destroying itself, liberal policies destroying their states.
Not sure it will, NC voters let us down most of the time.
He should not have it in a city. Find an alternative
Good!
It's not a viable option -- as has been suggested -- to move the convention to a blue state as that governor could pull an 11th hour stunt to shut down the convention due to the virus or some other, similar fiction.
Worthless Roy Cooper does not believe in the rule of law.
As the Attorney General he refused to prosecute Crystal Magnum, the ‘exotic dancer’ who accused the lacrosse team of raping her. She ended up murdering one of her ‘boy friends’ and burning his clothes in the bathroom tub.
North Carolina also voted overwhelmingly in a resolution to require an ID to vote. Cooper vetoed voter ID.
He has been slow walking preparations for the convention. He wanted the money but definitely doesn’t want the convention in his state.
That’s why he’s President . ..and you aren’t . It is possible to do several things concurrently.
I disagree.
Having the convention in a battleground state puts that state in the bank for our side.
“””To be honest, he should try to locate it in a swing state. FL is not a swing state.”””
Cooper was elected by fraud using provisional ballots and electronic vote tampering.
An afterthought: something else the gripers tend to forget is that it’s not the RNC’s job to set policy. The job of the RNC, like the job of the state parties, is to WIN ELECTIONS. That means supporting the people who WIN PRIMARIES and thereby earn the right to run as Republicans on the general election ballot. That right isn’t conferred by the county, state or national party; the right is conferred by Republican VOTERS in primary elections. The job of the party organizations is to organize and conduct the primaries and support the winners in the general election. If you have an (R) after your name, you are entitled to the support of the party apparatus.
Can’t spell charlatan without most of the letters of Charlotte.
Have it at Doral, plenty of inside and outside space.
“I reckon you have forgotten that Ron DeSantis and Rick Scott barely won in 2018. And Trump did not beat Hillary by all that much in 2016”
I remember it just fine; I live in Florida. I’m just saying that a state more in doubt would be a better choice. Democrats may cheat enough (i.e., Broward & Dade counties) to win but I don’t think so. Better to go after Arizona or someplace in more doubt. Do you like that better?
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