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RandySF

(58,481 posts)
Thu May 28, 2020, 10:59 PM May 2020

Fight Over G.O.P. Convention Escalates in North Carolina

But the letter also appeared to be an effort to put the onus on Mr. Cooper and Ms. Lyles, both of whom are Democrats, if Republicans end up trying to stage their convention in another state.

“We still do not have solid guidelines from the state and cannot in good faith, ask thousands of visitors to begin paying deposits and making travel plans without knowing the full commitment of the governor, elected officials and other stakeholders in supporting the convention,” Ms. McDaniel and Ms. Kelly wrote.

Their list of suggested safety measures included health questionnaires for attendees, thermal scans before boarding “sanitized” prearranged transportation, widely available hand sanitizer, and a requirement that attendees pass a health screening before entering the event.

The letter did not mention social distancing or masks. And the reference to a health screening did not specify whether it would include some form of rapid testing.



https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/us/politics/republican-convention-trump-north-carolina.html

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Fight Over G.O.P. Convention Escalates in North Carolina (Original Post) RandySF May 2020 OP
As a proud North Carolinian CRK7376 May 2020 #1
I'm with you 100%. I don't want their blood money. BComplex May 2020 #3
KR Cha May 2020 #2

CRK7376

(2,198 posts)
1. As a proud North Carolinian
Thu May 28, 2020, 11:25 PM
May 2020

I strongly encourage the RNC to take their convention elsewhere and shove it up their anal orifice! Sure our state could use the commerce and money Repugs drop in our state,but no thanks, I want clean money helping NC business and citizens.

BComplex

(8,017 posts)
3. I'm with you 100%. I don't want their blood money.
Fri May 29, 2020, 02:15 AM
May 2020

But I truly hope that they find a venue with poor circulation,where they are shoulder-to-shoulder, yelling, coughing, sneezing, hugging and shaking hands without masks.

After all, masks are so sissy. ( )

And if they're trying to put the responsibility to do away with trump's virus for the convention on our governor and our state, and then try to sue the state for not protecting all those crowded screaming members of the GOP, I say we really really don't want their presence or their money.

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