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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA major political miscalculation by Trump in NC
North Carolina is swing State, one Trump barely won in 2016 (or was another stolen State)
The purpose for picking a State for a Convention is to pick up good will and some votes.
But Trump decided that an arena full of worshipers is more important than winning NC.
So now he will have to find a deep Red State that he would already have won where a Repuke Governor doesn't care if they have a COVID Convention.
All so he can get his crowds.
What a stupid, egomaniacal, piece of shit asshole he is.
I want to add, this might piss off enough people in NC, taking business some were counting on, leaving some holding the bag (a usual Trump occurrence) that it could cost him a State he needs to win.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,391 posts)That's just how he rolls. Oh well. Not going to complain about one more thing that will hurt him in November.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)Every instinct Dumpus has is ALWAYS WRONG.
msongs
(67,347 posts)demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)Kemp will slob all over his knob
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)remember his trump campaign adds?
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)Of course our idiot Governor and boot licking Senators will probably be happy to host that fuck here.
crickets
(25,951 posts)cstanleytech
(26,224 posts)near enough so he can get people to stay at it and spend more money as its costing him a ton to keep it going and if he had not been guzzling from the taxpayer trough he might have had it foreclosed on by now.
Rstrstx
(1,399 posts)The governor might think it's a good idea but any city that doesn't want a full blown health catastrophe is going to say thanks, but no thanks. Even ruby red smaller cities won't want to touch it, the locals would revolt.
Alpeduez21
(1,749 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,167 posts)Let's see how that works for him....
stillcool
(32,626 posts)a full convention, with no face masks, and no social distancing,
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/politics/north-carolina-governor-trump-convention-no-face-masks/index.html?utm_source=twCNNp&utm_content=2020-05-30T02%3A03%3A05&utm_term=image&utm_medium=social
ms liberty
(8,550 posts)And other businesses in Charlotte be open at full capacity with no social distancing rules.
I'm so glad Gov Cooper didn't give in to him.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)whenever she went out to dinner, which was often, she sent her food back. Every time. I think it was an attention/control thing. Reminds me of the asshole, and how he is always so emotionally needy, and picks the weirdest crap to make a big deal out of.
Proud liberal 80
(4,167 posts)The cities are all Democratic (ATL, Houston, Dallas, Vegas, Miami, Orlando, etc)...maybe the Republicans need to start having their conventions in small towns and stay away from librul cities.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)Georgia or Texas that are large enough and might be willing to host.
Any ideas?
Proud liberal 80
(4,167 posts)None in Georgia....The biggest is ATL and its definitely Democratic, the others Columbus, Macon, and Savannah are also Democratic....Sandy springs is the largest red city and is only has 80,000 people
Of course Texas has 4 large cities in Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio but they are also Democratic....Corpus Christie or Lubbock are the largest red city...
DemInBuckhead
(110 posts)And certainly doesn't have a facility they're looking for. Maybe they can do their convention at the old American Pie parking lot?
Patterson
(1,527 posts)Stuart G
(38,410 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,372 posts)he couldn't have his party here.
SCantiGOP
(13,862 posts)Points out something we often miss: since hes so corrupt, we forget how stupid he is.
You dont waste your convention site and throw the whole process in turmoil.
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certainot
(9,090 posts)D23MIURG23
(2,845 posts)(Napoleon Bonaparte)
He's going to pack a room full of people together and have them scream non-stop for three days around all the major republican figureheads still willing to stand on a stage with him, plus his family, plus himself. And none of these assholes are going to wear masks, because they've decided that taking precautions is effeminate or something.
If the leading lights of the Make America a Shithole party want to have a Russian roullette convention along with thousands of drooling brownshirt supporters, I'm absolutely thrilled. Tell me where to send the money, I'll help pick up the tab.
Music Man
(1,184 posts)You're absolutely right
Let's turn out in force and get NC back in the blue column.
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)1. tRump gut feel ALWAYS makes the wrong decision. It is truly amazing to watch how his instinct is always wrong.
2. tRump ALWAYS gets bailed out, first by his father, then by Putin. So to them NC means shit as compared to having a the propaganda of cheering fans.
Demovictory9
(32,419 posts)Goodheart
(5,307 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,767 posts)edhopper
(33,467 posts)TlalocW
(15,373 posts)I knew there was arguing back and forth about how the convention was going to happen with Trump wanting huge crowds, and the governor saying no.
TlalocW
Hulk
(6,699 posts)North Carolina, right now according to Electoral vote.com, shows a very close contest according to the polls, with Biden getting 45% and the Draft Dodging Coward getting 44%. Hope this breaks the damn of exodus from that piece of worthless shit.
Kitchari
(2,165 posts)That is all.
aeromanKC
(3,322 posts)NC might the 4th one that we need for the gavel!! (AZ, CO, ME)
flying-skeleton
(696 posts)rpannier
(24,328 posts)Some place near a trump property
rpannier
(24,328 posts)Some place near Mar A Lago or that other hell hole he owns
jmowreader
(50,528 posts)They can hold an open air convention at Allen High Schools palatial football stadium, and its close enough to Dallas that the conventioneers cant lodge there.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)Warpy
(111,124 posts)He can double dip at his Doral resort there. There is a huge convention center and plenty of hookers, who do a great business when the GOP is in town. De Satan is governor.
Sounds like a winner to me. Maybe there won't even be a hurricane.
I can't think of much else for him, most states are turning purple, so unless he wants to hold the convention in a rodeo arena someplace in the flat parts of WA, OR, or WY, FLA is his best bet.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Remember when he tried to move the G-7 there? (I think thats the meeting with foreign heads of state he tried to move there) everybody pointed out at the time that the resort is a dump. He needs the money from the convention to keep the place afloat.
struggle4progress
(118,214 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,852 posts)If his advisors want a large conservative city, in a state that could be close in November?
Far more electoral college voters at stake too.
BComplex
(8,017 posts)if they continue to insist on shoulder to shoulder, no mask screaming "four more years". Thankfully, Governor Cooper listens to actual scientists, as opposed to Fox "news" analysts, and he wasn't having any of what trump was selling.
Wawannabe
(5,631 posts)I dont care one bit. Pack em in by the ten thousands if they wanna go. Less republicans voting is ok in my book.