'We'll see,' Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles says on whether city will host 2020 RNC

[RandySF]

“We’ll see,” Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles said Friday when asked if the city — given coronavirus public health challenges — can still host the Republican National Convention later this year.

“We are proceeding in that direction (of hosting),” Lyles said, adding that the answer largely depends on the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic. Lyles’ comments came during a live Twitter town hall Friday morning.

The 2020 RNC is planned Aug. 24 to 27. It’s too soon, Lyles said, to know exactly how the coronavirus impacts Charlotte’s ability to host.

“I don’t know the answer to that now. I don’t know whether or not we will have the ability to do this if this pandemic continues .... We’ll see.”



https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article241741386.html#storylink=cpy

[octoberlib]

1. God , I hope not. Charlotte is about 80% Democratic and nobody wanted

it here in the first place. And our majority Democrat City Council and Mayor tried to back out of it after they agreed to hold it here.

[Jamastiene]

3. Where did that number come from?

I know Charlotte is more Democratic than over here in shitty, ol' Richmond County, but even Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh and Asheville aren't that high of a percentage of Democrats to Republicans. Charlotte has had more than its fair share of Republican mayors and others and some of the worst ones in the state, to boot. Where did the 80% number come from?

[octoberlib]

6. Since 1899 Charlotte's had a total of four Republican Mayors.

The last one ended office in 2009. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Charlotte,_North_Carolina


I got the percentage figure from the Washington Post last year but can't find the article now. It was something like 78% Democratic.


We've had a lot of transplants down here from the northeast.

[Jamastiene]

7. I always thought Charlotte leaned more Republican.

Then again, I was probably going off stats for Mecklenburg County instead of just Charlotte. I did not know the number was that high. I had crossed Charlotte off my list of places I'd want to move if I could afford it, because of the likes of McCrory, Myrick, and Bill James (not a mayor, but still a vocal right wing jerk in government there). I hated it because I always have loved Charlotte. Thank you. That renews my hope a little bit, because Charlotte is closer to me than the other major cities here.

[octoberlib]

8. McCrory seems like he was around for damn ever as well as Myrick. He's like an

indestructible toxic fungus. Charlotte's exploded in population since I moved here in 91 with a lot of companies transferring headquarters from NY and MA. I think that's helped. There's still plenty of jerks here, though like the Benham brothers.

[Jamastiene]

2. Go ahead and host it and invite ALL the batshit, loony Republicans in this state.

Democrats can stock up to avoid contact after that and maybe this state will vote sanely in November. I'm fed up with NC Republicans to that point. They cheat, gerrymander, cheat, and gerrymander some more.

-Signed VERY UNHAPPY NC native placed in the 9th district after being in the 8th district for over four decades. I'm still pissed off about this. Those fucking cheating, gerrymandering, corrupt assholes.

[Turbineguy]

4. From the future headline...

Charlotte, NC, where COVID-19 became an STI.

[Sneederbunk]

5. The Virus and toxic Repug vibes is a deadly combination.

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