Trump threatens to move GOP convention from NC

on the bright side the Panthers might win up to 4 games this year.

Perfect. Well done romansperson.

Red states are fighting to get this now . I would think Florida gets it , Texas or Georgia might too.

How does this work if the state government wants the convention but the local government says “no thanks?”

I think this is what we are about to find out.

Miami probably would OK it. Lots of conservatives there. Also St. Pete has a lot of retirees and they won’t mind it.

Retirees who, due to being older, are more vulnerable to COVID-19. I suspect that quite a few of them would be less than happy about a mass gathering in their backyard.

My suspicion is that it’ll wind up in Vegas.

Hopefully their former motto will apply to both the virus and to the attendees.

Unfortunately, I would guess for any of the candidate locations there are enough unemployed workers who would be willing to take the risk of staffing a Convention, that labor would not be a factor in whether to host or not.

Vegas pretty popular with retirees but not like Florida AKA God’s waiting room.

2 Florida bumper stickers :

We don’t care how you did it up north.
When I get old , I will move up north and drive real slow.

Given the pandemic backdrop I’d recommend Las Vegas, NV and Boulder, CO as the locations for the respective party conventions.

Because…?

Literary reference. :smiley:

The Stand, Stephen King’s novel about a virus that wipes out about 99% of humanity, features the survivors coalescing in either Boulder, Colorado or Vegas.

West Virginia’s governor said Trump was welcome there. In fact, he said every former president would be welcome there. Well, except for one.

I hope not. The wife and I want to make it to Vegas next year after being stymied this year. They’re apt to end up closing Vegas for keeps if the convention lands there.

Trump is creating an electoral map problem for himself. If I were in his camp, I’d probably be choosing between Florida and Georgia - maybe somewhere in the Jacksonville area. If you’re Trump, you want to keep those two states.

But if you have your convention in JAX, then you campaign like hell in OH, PA, WI, NC, and AZ. Michigan is probably gone at this point.

Every time he opens his mouth he is probably losing voters. Some of his previous fans may stay home rather than vote for Biden.

Jesus, North Carolina is unpleasant enough during high summer. Florida, Texas, and Georgia are unlivable. Hope the MAGAts remember to pack a lot of Right Guard.

Republicans in Las Vegas and Democrats in Boulder, I assume? :stuck_out_tongue: