N.C. Governor: ‘We’re Ready’ For GOP Convention, But Give Us A Plan For How It Will Be Held Safely

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N.C. Governor: ‘We’re Ready’ For GOP Convention, But Give Us A Plan For How It Will Be Held Safely
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President Donald Trump had threatened to move the convention out of North Carolina unless the governor agreed to allow “thousands of enthusiastic Republicans” for its August dates.

After President Donald Trump threatened to pull the Republican National Convention out of North Carolina unless Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper agreed to sign off on allowing thousands of attendees, the governor responded Thursday by saying the state is “ready” to hold the convention—as long as Republicans send a plan on how they’re going to do that safely amid the coronavirus pandemic.... [+]

outside the North Carolina Legislative Building on May 16, 2018 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Several North Carolina counties closed schools to allow teachers to march on the opening day of the General Assembly. “We’re ready to hold the RNC convention in North Carolina in a safe way,” Cooper said Thursday, days after Trump said in a tweet that Cooper must ensure that “thousands of enthusiastic Republicans” are able to come to Charlotte for the Aug. 24-27 convention.

The Republican convention will follow the Democratic National Convention, which is set to be held Aug. 17-20 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, though that gathering could end up being held virtually.The Republican National Committee selected Charlotte as the convention site in 2018, to be held at the Spectrum Center in downtown. North Carolina is seen as one of the key states Trump will need to keep in his win column, after defeating Hillary Clinton there in 2016 by a little over 3 percentage points.

On Tuesday, Trump said Cooper would have one week to show the state could hold the convention, with those comments coming a day after North Carolina’s secretary of Health and Human Services sent ato the convention’s CEO asking for a written plan on how the convention will be held safely, along with asking for several alternative plans that might have to be put into place depending on what the public health situation looks like in August.

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