Trump withdraws republican convention from North Carolina.

With all the protests it really seems arbitrary that we're still talking about social distancing, though. What the heck is the point supposed to be?

He's gonna have it at MAGA lardass.

Watch!

He will probably have it in Florida, god knows DeSantis will bend over to give Trump everything he wants.

The governor of NC is a Dem, and god knows Trump can't stand anyone not kissing his ass.

Trump is melting down faster than the Greenlandic ice sheets!

Florida or Texas

Good riddance, says Charlotte.

No, I don't think the social distancing and other precautions are arbitrary. North Carolina was already dealing with increasing cases and deaths from COVID-19 when all the protests started.

At least the protesters are outside, and it seems large numbers are wearing face masks. Most of them actually seem pretty fit, and younger than most conventioneers.

The Republicans would be crammed into small indoor venues, smoking/ eating, drinking/ carousing as much as possible. You know none would be wearing face masks if their leaders refuse to do so. And getting the facilities disinfected regularly? Not happening.

Trump can take his toys and play elsewhere.

Texas would bring the problem of having a former president, now living in the state, who would refuse to go to the convention.

Pretty sure it'll be Florida, possibly Orlando, which has the second-largest convention center in the country (behind Chicago's McCormick Place), and we all know Donald is impressed by size. His delegates will probably be thrilled to go to the Haus of Maus as well.

Orlando in August .... they'll be dropping like MAGA flies in the broiling heat and humidity.

I dont want him here but if he comes to Orlando, I want someone with Covid to breathe into the AC systemtl and kill those fuckers.

He's talking about Nashville. Uh, hasn't Nashville become a pretty blue city?

They've said they are looking at Nashville, Georgia and Florida.... NOT Texas.

Basically all cities are blue r10, you can't really avoid that. Tennessee is still a very red state though.

Nashville is a blue-ish purple. Tennessee, as a state, is the fucking pits, though. Just the worst of the worst.

Yes, please have this full convention! They’re weak if they wear masks or socially distant themselves.

Conservative, show America what you’re made of

What does he want? A state that will allow people to not wear masks and be up close together to infect one another? Be my guest

Git them all within spittin distance of each other.

Maybe Georgia and he can wear a KKK outfit

[quote] A state that will allow people to not wear masks and be up close together to infect one another?

Trump knows he's going out, and he wants to go out in full dumpster fire mode, taking as many of his own people with him as possible. It's very Jim Jones.

Orlando, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, Nashville and Georgia were named by RNC as possible locations. I guess he entire state of Georgia qualifies.

R20, I'm surprised he would choose Vegas. LV is the main reason Nevada keeps going blue as of late, I believe.

“He's gonna have it at MAGA lardass. Watch!”

There Will Be (Tired) Blood

Quiet now r13, adults are talking. You can find somewhere else to lick Trump's asshole.

Trump Says RNC Will Pull Republican Convention From North Carolina

The state’s Democratic governor refused to guarantee that tens of thousands of people could gather at an indoor arena, citing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The convention was never going to happen in NC. Trump wants it at his Florida property to line his pockets with cash before he loses.

[quote] [R20], I'm surprised he would choose Vegas. LV is the main reason Nevada keeps going blue as of late, I believe.

Vegas is a no-go. Too close to CA, the protests would make the 1968 Demcratic Convention in Chicago look like an Easter Parade.

Even if the protesters are "fit and younger", they can pass on the virus to someone who is vulnerable, older and likely to die.

What state would want that loser convention? There will be protests, probably riots, the spread of virus, and a whole bunch of assholes in your city.

The cost of protecting the venue would far outweigh the benefits of being overrun by greedy whities.

This GOP convention without a home is like the old NYC garbage barge that traveled the world looking for a place to dock. Nobody wanted to host it either.

How about Moscow, comrade?

I bet the RNC is panicking right now -- August is only 2 months away. People can't make travel arrangements until the new location is settled. And even with coronavirus canceling a lot of conventions, I'm not sure how many centers can say "sure, we have it all wide open then -- come on in!"

The RNC can panic all they want, Trump has been screwing them over for years now, making wild impromptu decisions and making them all rush around to cover his ass. If they didn't like it they should have said so ages ago.

This will cause even more chaos in the White House. Imagine all the work the Trump loyalists and lowly staffers will have to do. So many details to plan an event of this size.

He just lost North Carolina to Biden. He’s not hurting the Democratic governor. He’s hurting all those local people who have planned for months to make money from all those folks coming in for the convention. Coronavirus aware, they could have worked through delivery services to provide what was needed. A real idiot.

Alaska is probably available.

Bonus: You can see Russia.

The Cayman Islands would work out quite appropriately for them.

Pyongyang has a big hotel Donny Two Scoops can use. He just needs to give his buddy a call.

Trump doesn't pay his bills.

[quote]DeSantis will bend over to give Trump everything he wants.

Pics please.

R36. GTFO. We don't want Dotard and company. Fucking corrupt lunatics.

She can always move it to Scamsville on Planet Stunt Queen.

Florida will be most likely. The governor (DeSantis) bends over backwards for Trump and will find him an appropriate location. Maybe even one of Trump's properties which then have to be repaired or even rebuilt, paid by the taxpayers of course, after the Deplorables, pretending to be Antifa, wrecked the place.

Since when does the president of any party select where their party's convention is held? Perhaps past presidents have had some input, but wouldn't the party leadership make the arrangement?

We know that if he's involved the convention is going to be a shit fest.

I can hardly wait.

Did NC just go blue?

Wherever it's held I'm hoping the attendance is greatly reduced because of fear of coronavirus. I could die happy if they had their convention to a half empty arena somewhere.

R18 you're an imbecile.

[quote] Pics please.

God, no! I don't want to see that!

[quote] Florida will be most likely. The governor (DeSantis) bends over backwards for Trump and will find him an appropriate location. Maybe even one of Trump's properties which then have to be repaired or even rebuilt, paid by the taxpayers of course, after the Deplorables, pretending to be Antifa, wrecked the place.

It must be paid for with campaign funds. If he uses tax dollars RNC can be prosecuted.

[quote]Trump withdraws

Finally.

If only Fred had before Donald was born the world would be a far better place.

They should just move it down to Miss Lindsey Graham's backyard in SC. He can make his grandma's potato salad & deviled eggs.

Just send them out to sea on one of the empty cruise ships. Bon voyage, assholes!

R51, that's actually not a bad idea. Put them on a cruise ship that sinks.

Yeah, R51 and R52. Spray it with the Covid first.

Florida Swamp for the win

[quote] Just send them out to sea on one of the empty cruise ships. Bon voyage, assholes!

Ship of Fools, anyone?

Um, people, there won't be a convention. This was all part of the plan. COVID and the demonstrations have turned in to surprisingly convenient posturing for the fact that Trump and his allies don't want a convention, because they do not want anything to change. There is no need to discuss policies. It's a dictatorship.

Whereever it is, there’s going to be massive protests.

Carnival Cruise

[quote]He just lost North Carolina to Biden.

Actually this is exactly what has happened. His polling showed Biden much farther ahead in NC than they thought, and with Texas and Florida in play, he wants to move the convention to one of them to shore up a state with more EVs. With Florida, and this being Trump, there is also the grift factor where the family can personally profit from a convention near South Florida (Doral or Mar a Lago), so I would look for them to try to get BB&T Center in Sunrise, or if he does go for Orlando, Amway center for obvious DeVos reasons.

I hope the 200,000 new angry Florida Puerto Ricans he made homeless in Maria give him the warmest Boricuan welcome. 💣🧨🔪🔫

Wherever he holds it there will be protests and riots. People despise this fat man with the heat of a thousand suns.

It’s going to have to be a Trump property. Nobody can get ready that quickly. Plus the Secret Service would have to look the venue over very carefully and probably add a lot of cameras and other security arrangements most places wouldn’t have already.

I could see some Las Vegas casinos being very high security already and having a good camera system, but it’s a bad fit because Vegas is blue. And they’d probably have to severely restrict entrance or shut the whole place down for security reasons. Maybe they could do it at Trump Tower in Las Vegas.

Mar-a-Lago is already vetted by the Secret Service and the locals love Trump. I wonder if he backed out thinking they’d have to have it there and he could charge the RNC for the venue.

Part of me thinks he’s bluffing, but then I remember Dump is all about creating mayhem and them walking away, leaving everyone else to clean up his mess. Is Mar-a-Lago even big enough to hold a convention? For that matter, don’t they need an indoor-stadium-sized venue?

It's very difficult to plan a meeting like this. If it does, in fact, move, it may be a sign that the Charlotte meeting wasn't very well planned anyway. But moving to a new place with no security issues, etc. will be a nightmare. I'm sure some empty convention center would theoretically be happy to host something but they won't be well prepared and secret service will be overstretched.

Whomp, whomp!

Last I read they’re keeping most of the convention in NC. Trump refuses to accept the nomination from there. The appearances he makes will be done remotely. Could have been bad reporting tho. Who knows these days? So much false information swirling about. All I care about is how his actions and refusals make him and his party look. Spoiled. Entitled. Above rules others live with. Petulant. Childish. Uncaring about how their actions affect others. Threatening. Stupid. Perhaps that’s their platform. Who cares? I’ve made my mind up already.

Non-American here. So it can be that easy for Trump to save face by simply refusing to accept the nomination?

I'm sure he has someone researching which countries don't have extradition treaties with us ...

[quote]Mar-a-Lago is already vetted by the Secret Service and the locals love Trump

Absolute nonsense. He is loathed by Palm Beach society. Coming soon: Trump has committed voter fraud registering using M-a-L as it is not a legal residential address, otherwise he has to move it into a different property tax bracket.

Nashville?

My trump-ass-licking governor, Ron DeSantis suggested he could hold the convention in Florida.

If so, keep that fat fuck near the panhandle, and not where I live in Ft Lauderdale.

What does it matter where they hold it? We are in the middle of an epidemic. Plus he won’t go because he is a giant germaphobe. He definitely won’t get close to trashy delegates. It’s just another example of how the White House is terrible at planning and is FUBAR

No, I don't believe Mar-a-Lago is big enough to hold a major political national convention. It probably could host meetings, a small- to moderate sized conference for a couple of days. But a convention, which is different than a conference? No.

For a convention, you need a convention hall or a sports arena such as Madison Square Garden or the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

I don't believe Trump is moving shit. It's another one of his empty threats.

He is so stupid. To do a convention with delegates side by side, with no masks, screaming together would be disastrous as far as messaging. On second thought, go for it

Whereever it is please let Al -Queda know .

[quote]For a convention, you need a convention hall or a sports arena such as Madison Square Garden or the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Or Melania's pussy.

Remember, only a tiny fraction of the US population are going to the protests--we have more than 300 million people in this country.

Just because a few thousand are giving up on social distancing does NOT mean the entire country has given up on it.

[quote] Plus he won’t go because he is a giant germaphobe.

Stop spreading this nonsense propaganda.

Trump is not a germaphobe. He is a bigot who uses that as an excuse not to touch the wrong type of people.

A germaphobe doesn’t shake hands like he’s the whore of Babylon sucking cock.

Okay he is a germaphobe towards his base

Governor Cooper did a great job getting them to make the decision to pull out. As a North Carolina and I couldn’t be more delighted. I hope they do enjoy Florida and you lots of kissing.

R2

You understand this because you have a brain

Now we have to worry about Trump using a dog whistle to have Boogaloos cone out and fight protesters. This man has no boundaries and has raped children. For Shame the Republicans STILL enable him

Will the dummies in Tennessee take it?

Orlando in August, heat, humidity and HURRICANES. Sounds like a plan.

[quote]Will the dummies in Tennessee take it?

No, Tennessee has already declined to host the convention,

Trump is such an epic fuck up, there's no way the RNC as directed by him can pull off a convention in a new locale in 60 days! Trump will make the Fyre Festival look like Davos, and it will all be televised! It's going to be a massive cluster fuck!

It will be a virtual convention with delegates from each state convening at smaller venues in their states. Laura Ingraham will ride her broom from state to state to try to get the conventioneers all pumped up.

They should get Billy what's his face who "organized" fyre to organize this cluster.

Or is he still in jail?

He's not going to any city or state that does not have a Trump proerty. He'll go to Florida because De Santis and Rick Scott are his asshole buddies. And he will insist they have a crowd to "fill up the arena" which is bullshit. He wants the revenue and the delegate and corporate spending for his properties. If he can persuade Repubicans to come to Florida for the convention and he gins up the tourism, he makes money off of it. There's only one small problem: Hurricane season... from my lips to God's ear.

Actually I think Texas, which is politically tighter than my baby sisters pussy, is probably a safer bet weather wise.

Apparently they are considering Arizona. I hope they stay the fuck away from here.

Who's still worried about social distancing?

They'll probably end up holding it on a Carnival Cruise Ship, float around for a few days, and then when they all fall sick, be shocked that nobody wants to let them dock at their port.

It'll be in Texas, and Texas will make $$$$ while Dem controlled states are still shut down.

No matter where it is, it’ll be a fiasco since they’re still dithering about where to have it.

That's the best part, r93!

Talk about a clusterfuck! I'm going to laugh myself sick watching this play out and that obese traitor screams his head off;

R89. Arizona in August. It'll be lovely.

In most years, Phoenix averages a daily maximum temperature for August that's between 103 and 106 degrees Fahrenheit (39 to 41 degrees Celsius).

I don't think there can be conventions this year. Masks and social distancing aren't going to work here.

I hear Wuhan is nice this time of year.

North Carolina already has an iffy reputation.

No reason to sully the state even more with the Republican convention.

NC House Republicans promise bill to allow full RNC

but don’t themselves have the votes to override a veto

Money thrown in the toilet by the Governor will be remembered come election day...

[quote] Money thrown in the toilet by the Governor will be remembered come election day...

So will principles, conviction and integrity.

The given reason was being worried about spreading a virus everyone's already forgotten about

r102

Well NC will remember that Bunker Boy canceled and cost the business owners a ton of money.

Hopefully they remember that in November. So much for being business friendly.

They should have realized that when he wouldn’t lower the tarrifs even for the pandemic. His overseas bosses like the American tarrifs just where they are.

The president answers to the highest overseas bidder and not American business owners.

The clintons were always good about finding a balance between business needs and consumer interests.

This administration only cares about his foreign benefactors. Not Americans.

The U.S. seems to be averaging about 1000 COVID 19 deaths a day. The warmer weather doesn't seem to be slowing it down one bit. In fact it's accelerating in Florida and Texas. And yes, D.C. is still a major hotspot.

r102, whether they're getting blasted on a Florida beach or marching in a demonstration in D.C., young people assume they'll live forever. It's universal.

Trump didn't withdraw - the governor of NC refused to meet Trump's ridiculous terms of no face masks, no distancing and some other stipulations. Wonder if anyone else will want to host? What if nobody shows up?

Arizona in August would be heaven ...if we could arrange for a power outage that lasted for that week.

And then act like we're trying to find enough generators for them but we can't and the ones they do manage to find all breakLOLOL!

For what it's worth, I just spoke with an elderly relative who lives not far from Charlotte: he believes the popular sentiment is with the Governor and speculates that the state GOP might make some token noise but, in reality, don't want to be responsible for a strain on the healthcare system.

I always thought N.C. would be the ideal state for LGBTQ people to invade and make their own. East Coast, mild weather, beautiful topography, beaches...

Let's do it ya'll- the first gay state!

[quote] the state GOP might make some token noise but, in reality, don't want to be responsible for a strain on the healthcare system.

So true. I mean the increase in STDs alone ...

I can't imagine planning a new convention in two months, and not having something major go wrong. The politicians want the convention for their states. Do the local residents? What if there is a surge in Covid cases in July and August? Will lots of money be spent for nothing?

I don't see anything good coming from this. I'm enjoying the prospect immensely.

[quote] Let's do it ya'll- the first gay state!

YES!! We could call it MARYLAND!!

Oh, wait. That one’s taken.

Seattle used to be known as "The Queen City". Jeez, why did they change it to "the Emerald City"?

Me too, r112. How on earth will this go off in two months’ time without catastrophe after catastrophe? It’s like moving the Olympics at the last minute. I’ll be tuning in for sure!

Cincinnati is known as the "Queen City" but nobody really want to move there.

Way too conservative.

[quote]Seattle used to be known as "The Queen City".

Cincinnati and Charlotte both use that name.

OK. Trump has to like who ever he's dealing with. He likes De Santis. I think the Texas folk get along with him. I heard Arizona is in play. IMO the three factors are that he has s an opportunity to make money, that he likes the people he is favoring with his presence, and that there is some political pay off, like Trump claiming he has delivered .

“Trump didn't withdraw”

Yes he did. He was the one who canceled it. Not the governor who was being perfectly reasonable.

But let’s get it straight so the business owners know who to yell at: Trump absolutely did withdraw.

Florida will take it & Trump will make a deal that FL will have the National Guard in the convention city to prevent riots.

Cincinnati used to be called " Porkopolis."

Readily available salt, a large immigrant workforce and the system of canals down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers helped the city cement its place in hog-producing heaven. In 1833, more than 85,000 pigs were processed in Cincinnati, and by 1844, 26 different meat-processing plants were located here. Cincinnati was the biggest city in the West by 1850 and quickly earned the nickname "Porkopolis."

It will be in FLa and Trump will stay at Mar-a-Lago, which he will order fortified and renovated at govt expense.

If Texas loves the assholes...that might be fair...or maybe the fools in Utah?

I am afraid it will be in Florida. I hope a plane crashes into whatever convention center it is held at. Right when Trump gets up to speechifying...a plane could crash. That would be heaven. All the big wig Republicans would be there, along with Battle, Pompeo and McConnell.

Winner at R124. trumpie will make his acceptance speech in Jacksonville. I had a friend that used to live there, and he called it the armpit of the nation, that's how much he hated living there.

Florida - during Hurricane season. What could possibly go wrong?

The only people I know from Jacksonville are poor white trash bigots.

It sounds like the majority of the convention will still take place in North Carolina, while the big crowning ceremony with Trump will take place in Jacksonville. So essentially Trump's cost the RNC a lot of money to try to assuage his fragile ego.

"Arizona in August would be heaven"

Florida could give it a run for its money. When it's 100 F and the humidity is 90% - now that's misery. I lived in Gainesville for years and it often would reach 100 in May.

Anyway, Florida makes more sense than North Carolina because it's more of a purple state - Hillary only lost by 1.2 points. Hope it's Orlando - even hotter - no ocean breeze or beach. But Jacksonville is suitably trashy and deplorable.

Anybody who has spent any time in Jacksonville knows that it is a perfect place to hold the RNC convention. It exemplifies and amplifies every evil trait of today's Republicans, and especially Trump devotees.

(Oddly enough, the JSO - Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra - is one of the best symphony orchestras I have EVER experienced. One would think that all culture - such as it is in Jax - would be dreadful.)

THey should have gone to Vegas. Then they can flip Nevada. .....NOT.

Lol I think Jacksonville only has one full-service hotel. The rest are best western types.

How far is Orlando from Jacksonville.? They'll have to bus people. But the convention will be divided. So whos going to be in Charlotte??

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that he will accept the Republican Party's nomination this August in Florida. His address to the nation will happen in Jacksonville on the 60th anniversary of a Ku Klux Klan attack in the city known as "Ax Handle Saturday."

On Aug. 27, 1960, a KKK-led mob of hundreds of white people attacked black civil rights protesters holding sit-ins at whites-only lunch counters in the city, chasing them through the streets and beating them with bats and ax handles stashed in Hemming Park.

r132 Basically all of the delegates will be in North Carolina, voting for Trump. Trump, with his entourage, will be in Jacksonville, Florida. So the vast majority will be in North Carolina giving speeches and having seminars, etc., and Trump will be there with a much smaller group of people, likely holding a rally when he accepts the nomination.

This doesn't hurt North Carolina's tourism at all, because the hotels, restaurants, etc. will still be booked and full of the delegates and their associates. It'll actually probably be even nicer for the people in North Carolina at the convention because they don't have to deal with the added security by Trump's secret service (or as he would say, SS) presence.

[quote] Hope it's Orlando - even hotter

Be that as it may ma sœur r128, when a friend of mine came up from Orlando to visit Chapel Hill in August he couldn’t believe how the dew point affected the perceived temperature. His balls were boiling even at night.

Florida gonna Florida... (June 6th, 2020 edition)

[quote]His balls were boiling

Pics please.

r137 sadly, I never got to examine them up close.

pool orgy, pulled pork, purple cole slaw, and sweet tea!

r139 is a true NC native.

i am...virginia line moved and became nc.

r141 you moved, or were you affected by the Original State Boundary adjustment?

original boundary

i'm probably related to all white people in the eastern third of the state.

and a few others...