# Trump threatens to move GOP convention from NC **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 25, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440 "2020-05-25T13:28:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/81 "2020-05-30T16:51:56Z")
You are right; shame? What was I thinking? Thinking? Aren’t the sex dolls unionized? And even if not, there would be heat from the A.S.P.C.S.D. What were YOU thinking? Dan ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/82 "2020-05-30T17:08:06Z")
Forgot to point out - the key word was “proactive”. The Dems should not be reactive in this, waiting for the goopers to make the first move. The Dems have the moral high ground; they should occupy it for a change. Dan ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/83 "2020-05-30T18:19:12Z")
they don’t need 50k people. They can just have media and delegates. Same for Dems. That should allow everyone to sit 6 feet apart. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/84 "2020-05-30T18:27:32Z")
Clint Eastwood and the empty chair were ahead of their time, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/85 "2020-05-30T19:14:13Z")
> [@Dandan](#): > > Forgot to point out - the key word was “proactive”. The Dems should not be reactive in this, waiting for the goopers to make the first move. The Dems have the moral high ground; they should occupy it for a change. It seems like you’re asking Democrats to make the decision for political advantage, not for health. I disagree: I think Democrats should make the decision 100% on health grounds, using the best-available scientific guidelines. Doing so will have, as a side-effect, branding themselves as the party of Pay Attention To Facts. Or more of a strengthening of that brand. In any case, I think that’s what Democrats are currently doing. The discussions are currently underway about how to handle their convention, and I’m pretty sure it’ll end up being something that follows the best available scientific guidelines. There’s no rush. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/86 "2020-05-31T02:06:54Z")
O.K. Do it for the right reason. Do you imagine that C-19 is going to be all gone in August? And if it’s down to a really low, “manageable” level, that it won’t come flooding back, at least in the delegate’s home territories? Is it not likely to turn the sites of the conventions into hot spots? I’m not willing to turn pointless political theater, on the one hand, and a trump lovefest, on the other, into one extra death from this thing. Because the gop will drag it out to the bitter end. If they let theirs go forward, people will die. If the Dems cancel early, maybe the gop will grow a spine and overrule what’s-his-name. If they don’t then it’s on them. Yeah, I get your moral high ground/ health remark - I’m not expressing myself as well as I’d like to. I’m trying to say that the Dems have the MHG, and they should use that for the health of the nation. The fact that that would expose the crassness of the administration is a bonus, and I’m just crass enough to accept that bonus. Dan ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/87 "2020-05-31T02:32:48Z")
I think they’ll probably make their convention be virtual, or some such. But they’re doing it steadily and with thought and planning (I hope, dear sweet Jesus I hope). I don’t think they need to rush the job in an undoubtedly futile attempt to convince the GOP to do the right thing. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/88 "2020-05-31T08:50:30Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Anti Trump GOP members are planning their own convention in August mostly online. That way, they can maintain their anonymity. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Maybe they can just fill all the convention attendees’ seats with Korean sex dolls, holding the appropriate state banners. And play recorded shouting and applause. 🙂 Hell, I’ll bet half the needed number of sex dolls could be supplied from Chump’s bedroom closet. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/89 "2020-06-01T23:22:54Z")
NC not backing down > **[NC’s top health official signals that bid for a packed GOP convention is a...](https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article243164221.html)** > > Republicans set a Wednesday deadline for a response from state officials whether the convention can proceed. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/90 "2020-06-02T18:56:44Z")
Very unlikely to be held the way Trump wants. > **[Cooper: 'Very unlikely' Republicans can hold convention as planned in Charlotte](https://www.wral.com/cooper-very-unlikely-republicans-can-hold-convention-as-planned-in-charlotte/19126328/)** > > After a week of back-and-forth between North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, and national Republican leaders about plans for the party nominating convention, Cooper on Tuesday wrote that the convention as planned - with large crowds and tens of... ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/91 "2020-06-02T20:05:39Z")
[GOP to look at potential alternative sites for convention](https://apnews.com/59c39a41260ec5e40fb8620d58e295b4) > [@](#): > > Organizers of the Republican National Convention said Tuesday they will begin visiting potential alternative sites after North Carolina’s governor told them the COVID-19 pandemic requires them to prepare for a scaled-back event if they want to hold it in Charlotte. > > Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, said in a letter to the top convention organizer and the national GOP chairwoman that “planning for a scaled-down convention with fewer people, social distancing and face coverings is a necessity.” The letter came on the eve of a deadline from the GOP for assurances that Cooper would allow a full-scale event in August. > > Later, Cooper told reporters it’s unlikely that virus trends will allow a full-capacity nominating convention for President Donald Trump to proceed at Charlotte’s NBA arena. > > “We think it is unlikely that we would be to the point at the end of August to be able to have a jam packed 19,000-person convention in the Spectrum arena,” Cooper said. “So the likelihood of it being in Charlotte depends upon the RNC’s willingness to discuss with us a scaled-down convention, which we would like to do.” > > Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, one of the recipients of Cooper’s letter, accused him of “dragging his feet” on giving them guidance for proceeding with convention plans. She released a statement saying that while the party would like to hold its event in Charlotte, “we have an obligation to our delegates and nominee to begin visiting the multiple cities and states” that have reached out to express interest in hosting. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/92 "2020-06-02T22:40:55Z")
Organizers in other cities, be ready to get active, unless you want the GOP Pandemic Party rolling in to your hometown. I gotta wonder, are they serious? Do the GOP leadership (Trump excluded) know what a terrible idea this is, and what a specific threat it is to a bunch of old white folks? Is Mitch McConnell planning to show up? Will Pence show up? Because this has a real Masque of the Red Death possibility. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/93 "2020-06-02T23:03:26Z")
the GOP leaders cannot comment due to Trump’s dick in their mouth. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/94 "2020-06-02T23:32:33Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Organizers in other cities, be ready to get active, unless you want the GOP Pandemic Party rolling in to your hometown. > > I gotta wonder, are they serious? Do the GOP leadership (Trump excluded) know what a terrible idea this is, and what a specific threat it is to a bunch of old white folks? Is Mitch McConnell planning to show up? Will Pence show up? > > **Because this has a real Masque of the Red Death possibility.** It’s not nice to tease, bro. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/95 "2020-06-02T23:44:32Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Organizers in other cities, be ready to get active, unless you want the GOP Pandemic Party rolling in to your hometown. > > I gotta wonder, are they serious? Do the GOP leadership (Trump excluded) know what a terrible idea this is, and what a specific threat it is to a bunch of old white folks? Is Mitch McConnell planning to show up? Will Pence show up? > > Because this has a real Masque of the Red Death possibility. from TPM’s Josh Marshall > [@](#): > > Dear Mayors, Announcing a great new opportunity to brings riots and COVID to your cities! ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/96 "2020-06-03T00:54:39Z")
This might end up being like the garbage scow that couldn’t find a place to dock. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/97 "2020-06-03T01:00:30Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > This might end up being like the garbage scow that couldn’t find a place to dock. Heh. Made me laugh out loud. But you know…a garbage scow could be the best location for the GOP convention! Tell them it’s the world’s largest and most innovative yacht–complete with its own eco-system–terribly trendy–attendees will be the envy of everyone back home… What with their FoxNews viewing habits and daily consumption of all things Trump, they’re used to a certain sort of ambiance, which would ensure that they’d never even _notice_ the smell… ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/98 "2020-06-03T01:32:28Z")
Trump says he’s moving it out of NC. Strike up the band!!! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/99 "2020-06-03T02:53:09Z")
Your post got me to check, and he really did say that! In fact I googled _GOP conven_… and Google suggested _“GOP convention Nashville”!_ I do love watchin’ me some train wrecks… ah’ll jes’ be a-settin’ over here, rockin’ and whittlin’ and waitin’ on the 4:20 from Buttfuque, a-barrelin’ through on the wrong track. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440/100 "2020-06-03T02:54:57Z")
Your post got me to check, and he really did say that! In fact I googled _GOP conven_… and Google suggested _“GOP convention Nashville”!_ I do love watchin’ me some train wrecks… ah’ll jes’ be a-settin’ over here, rockin’ and whittlin’ and waitin’ on the 4:20 from Buttfuque, a-barrelin’ through on the wrong track. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-move-gop-convention-from-nc/854440.md?page=6)