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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNorth Carolina governor: Trump insisted on full convention with no face masks or social distancing
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump called Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday and insisted on a full Republican convention this summer with no face masks or social distancing, according to a spokesperson for the governor.
"The Governor spoke to the President today. When the President insisted on a full convention arena with no face coverings and no social distancing the Governor expressed concerns and suggested a scaled back event with fewer attendees," said Sadie Weiner, a spokeswoman for the governor, in a statement. "They agreed to continue talking about ways to have a safe convention in Charlotte."
The call comes days after Trump threatened to pull the convention from Charlotte and railed against Cooper. Trump said the governor is "unable to guarantee" that the arena can be filled to capacity, and said Tuesday that Cooper has about "a week" to decide whether the convention could take place in Charlotte.
CNN reached out to the Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign for comment. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/politics/north-carolina-governor-trump-convention-no-face-masks/index.html?utm_source=twCNNp&utm_content=2020-05-30T02%3A03%3A05&utm_term=image&utm_medium=social
Skittles
(153,193 posts)he is one sick bastard
Beartracks
(12,821 posts)Living a lie, pretending everything is fine, in a world where the truth is studiously kept out of view.
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Skittles
(153,193 posts)as long as they got the biggest chunk of the pie everything was fine.....it's just much harder to present a facade in middle of a pandemic
matt819
(10,749 posts)He is a monster. He is evil.
Tell him to take his convention somewhere else. The economic boost it might provide isnt worth the cost.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)bamagal62
(3,269 posts)To go to that convention with no masks and no social distancing. Go for it. What have they got to lose?
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)DBoon
(22,397 posts)Greet each other by coughing in their face
That will show the world they aren't libtards afraid of a virus hoax!
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Mars and Minerva
(369 posts)agalisgv
(149 posts)Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)Maybe he should take it to Vegas. Wasn't that where someone in government wanted to offer up her citizens to be guinea pigs for Covid spread? Let her have his diseased nonsense. Let him take all his riffraff there instead.
Fuck him. I, and many other North Carolinians, don't want any more of those riffraff deplorables in NC than we already have. We are all filled up. We don't need any more of the deplorables. We have too many as it is now.
Call Trump's bluff and send him packing to go find some place that wants that crap.
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)that Georgia and Florida gov's did as well!
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)Worried sick for them.
Please go to Georgia or Florida.
Please don't chose Ft.Worth!!
We live in suburb of North Dallas and witnessing the "re-opening" is f'ing frightening to witness.
Plus knowing numbers are being fudged in every damned direction!!
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)People where I live are not taking it seriously at all. They are wearing masks only on their mouths or around their neck or not at all. I wonder why the ones who wear the masks only on their mouths or around their necks even bother at all. At least less adults are snickering and pointing at me the few times I go out nowadays. I've kept it to going out only once or twice per month so far. So far so good, but it's only a matter of time with Cooper reopening the state.
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)help us stay informed. All we hear from 'rents is everything is fine. They live right on one of golf courses. They are Republicans, only watch Fox and have decided they have had enough pretty much. They are starting to have close friends in for dinners and cards.....
We here in Dallas at our wits end..
Thank you.
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Lonestarblue
(10,064 posts)They dont care what happens to the country so long as their 401ks are doing well and they pay As little in taxes as possible.
yellowdogintexas
(22,270 posts)In fact Trump once called her his favorite mayor.
We have a decent sized convention center and I really don't think it is the right size for a national convention.
Not to mention Sundance Square will have to be sterilized and the hotels will have to be fumigated.
He can take his rude, crude tacky self right on over to Florida or Georgia
lastlib
(23,286 posts)tRumpski could hang with his buddy Kim. (I'd pay the price of admission to see him hang w/ Kim.....did I say that?)
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)I didn't hear a thing.
Warpy
(111,339 posts)in that new state the wingnuts want to make out of eastern WA and OR and part of ID and WY, variously proposed as the State of Lincoln or the State of Jefferson or Absaroka, all to be considered as the 51st state.
There are some huge barns and rodeo arenas up there that would suffice for venues.
I can't think of many other places that will allow that many scofflaw Republicans to spread disease.
Maybe Nebraska will have them. Maybe Wyoming. Maybe Mississippi or Louisiana.
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)What's the worst that could happen?
highplainsdem
(49,034 posts)as his vassals. Lots of loud cheering for him on TV, throughout the convention.
He's especially set on this because Democrats might go with a virtual, online convention instead.
Trump's planning to try to spin that as brave, united Republicans -- all loudly adoring their orange idol -- versus timid, frightened Dems.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Chris Hayes was saying that singing, chanting and loud talking might explain why so many infections happen in churches. A trump rally is like that on steroids.
napi21
(45,806 posts)end up with fewer REPUGS, and nobody here will cry about that!
Laelth
(32,017 posts)I love the idea of Agent Orange begging a Democratic Governor for an accommodation.
-Laelth
LaMouffette
(2,039 posts)he will no way in hell win reelection in November, so he is going to burn the whole nation to the ground and hurt as many people as he can in the process. He truly is like a rabid dog at this point, apologies to rabid dogs everywhere.
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)Old Oranger?
It DOES seem like that is what he is trying to do.
LaMouffette
(2,039 posts)So what if it's a couple of hues off? He's old, he's yellow (okay, orange), he yells, and he's rabid. Perfect.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)pack the venue to the gills with no masks and no social distancing. There are plenty of old-geezer republicans, including Trump who are just ripe for catching and dying from Covid-19 and it might be a good opportunity to start culling that herd.
Let them have their party. We just have to be extra vigilant about protecting ourselves from them, but then again, it's not that hard for most of us to avoid right-wingers like the plague as it is.
yellowdogintexas
(22,270 posts)Tarrant went hard for Beto.
Of course they could take their party over to Lubbock and just use the football stadium and they can enjoy Panhandle heat.
Or Odessa - Midland which is very Republican.
San Antonio flatly told us they did not want to hold our State Convention so it is going to be virtual. I doubt San Antonio will be interested
mtngirl47
(991 posts)with no masks and no social distancing and let them infect each other.
Unfortunately, too many North Carolinians will have to serve them at hotels and restaurants and the arena itself. The disease spreaders will fly to town and use transportation around Charlotte. They will insist that they don't need no stinking masks, because freedom.
NC currently has a 40% uptick in corona virus cases right now---with the influx of up to 50k disease spreaders it could cause havoc in Charlotte.
Just say no Governor Cooper!
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)I would hate to see that kind of suffering in Charlotte. Charlotte doesn't deserve that. It is a nice city.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)BGBD
(3,282 posts)that massive gatherings won't be available in Charlotte this summer. Maybe he can find an Airport Hilton in Topeka to have it in.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)See also: 1918 Influenza victory parade in Philadelphia:https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/philadelphia-threw-wwi-parade-gave-thousands-onlookers-flu-180970372/
History repeats itself.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)niyad
(113,552 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)LiberalFighter
(51,084 posts)They must all be quarantined for 2 weeks. But I don't know how they would protect the hotel workers or restaurant workers.
33taw
(2,447 posts)AC_Mem
(1,979 posts)Of money they would make from the convention to the cost of treating another spike of corona virus, not to mention the possible death of who knows how many - because you know that the die-hards (no pun intended) will flock to see their lord and master, even if they are sick. They will celebrate their mutual insanity, up close and personal. And this would be just about the time that the second wave of the virus has been predicted.
It would be a disaster and no way is it worth whatever profits they might make.
Plus - well, the obvious. Why on earth would they want to host thousands of hate and rage filled fools in their city?
PatrickforO
(14,587 posts)Too bad we have to suffer under his reign here in this end-stage capitalist age of Kali Yuga.