GOP Expects to Move Convention to Jacksonville

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2020/06/10/gop-expects-to-move-convention-to-jacksonville/


GOP Expects to Move Convention to Jacksonville
June 10, 2020 at 6:53 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 75 Comments

Washington Post: “Seeking a city willing to allow a large-scale event amid the coronavirus pandemic, Republicans have tentatively settled on Jacksonville, Fla., as the new destination for the premier festivities of the Republican National Convention in August.”

“The details of the arrangement are still in flux and RNC aides are scrambling to determine whether the northern Florida city has enough hotel rooms to accommodate the quadrennial event, which typically kicks off the final stretch of the presidential campaign. Republican officials were in Jacksonville on Monday looking at the city and the surrounding areas.”

[Squinch]

1. As Florida Covid cases spike.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. I was going to say something similar. Into The Hot Zone.

Willingly. Ignorantly. Stupidly. We'll see how many participants are around in November to vote for Trump.

What I want to know is, will the speakers wear masks?

[PJMcK]

3. Oh, the hilarity!

When the Republicans get together for their Trumpian circle-jerk, it'll be fun to see how many delegates wear masks (or not). After all, their Dear Leader says the masks are unnecessary. Ah, the hypocrisy.

Then it'll be a blast to hear their speeches with their complete lack of facts. Trump's coronation will be comical and provide mocking hysterics for years to come. It will exceed anything Mel Brooks could conceive, I'm sure!

But the real fun will start a couple of weeks later when all those delegates return home. Statistically, there will be a significant number of them infected with Covid-19. Let's see how many of them make it the November elections.

Too bad for the folks in Jacksonville.

[Ohiogal]

5. When the delegates return to their home states

They should be put in quarantine for 14 days. No exceptions.

[PJMcK]

6. But they're Republicans!

They'll never agree to such restrictions on their Constitutional rights!

(snark)

[Ohiogal]

14. Really!

Here’s an idea they might like, PJ ... quarantine them at Mar a Lago. Surely no Republican would object to that! Throw in a free round of golf or two. (although I hear there are no freebies on cart rentals).

[Eyeball_Kid]

20. They could have "sneeze-a-thon" competition! n/t

[Ohiogal]

21. Yep! A real GOP crowd pleaser!

And be sure to include Dump and Dense in the festivities.

[dubyadiprecession]

7. It too bad...

We can’t add wacky carnival music to our posts to give more demension, to our disgust of these deplorable’s.

[Ohiogal]

22. LOL!

[OAITW r.2.0]

10. Or maybe, as the clock ticks down to convention time, many decide to cancel their plans

at the last moment to attend. I look forward to a 1/4 filled arena. I'll bet social distancing will be mandated to disguise the impact of no-shows.

[exboyfil]

4. That is one way to reduce the average age of your party leadership

[sop]

8. DeSantis will have to bus in more hookers for the family values crowd. Jacksonville isn't Miami,

Orlando or Tampa, the city won't be prepared for depravity on such a large scale.

[soothsayer]

9. Hey, now he can stand on that 60 foot column

...in need of a racist

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13567978

[malaise]

11. Please proceed RETHUGs

[Baclava]

16. Last time Jacksonville was hit by a Hurricane was Dora, 1964, one direct hit since 1871

[malaise]

19. True but before Maria when was the last major hurricane to hit that island?

in Puerto Rico?

Remarkably, just one Category 5 hurricane has made landfall in Puerto Rico since 1851 — the San Felipe Segundo hurricane in 1928.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/09/19/puerto-rico-has-a-long-history-with-tropical-storms-none-of-them-were-like-hurricane-maria/

[Baclava]

23. We live in interesting times, throw out the guidebooks, my apocalyptic visions have started again

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Trump to N.C. - "Up yours!"

I am soooo loving this...

[DFW]

13. Good.

I hope it is nice and early, and that 60,000 hard core Republicans are packed in there with no masks, no disinfectant and no more than 3 inches between any of them.

[MoonRiver]

15. LOL, you can't fix stupid!

[mcar]

17. I knew they'd move it to Florida

Just what we need, a large group of germ-ridden racists descending on our state.

[edhopper]

18. Jacksonville in August

how awful.

[fleur-de-lisa]

24. Thank Dog it's not New Orleans!

We just had a tropical storm and then a series of storms this morning that are causing flooding where the tropical storm didn't. Go figure!

Sorry, Floridians. I know you have suffered enough already.