Thanks to Trump, Jacksonville Becomes Political Roadkill

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MIAMI — For Jacksonville, it wasn’t all that fun while it lasted.

Over 43 long days, Florida’s largest city insisted it could play host to the Republican National Convention in the middle of a pandemic.

Republicans bowed out of Charlotte, North Carolina, the previous host city, after the state’s Democratic governor insisted that the convention would follow health protocols President Donald Trump resisted. Public health experts in Florida and elsewhere warned the city against mass gatherings. The people of Jacksonville expressed skepticism that the city should take on a shotgun political convention.

Mayor Lenny Curry, a Republican, grabbed the hot potato anyway. And Thursday, he got burned.

Jacksonville’s brief time as a convention city ended ignominiously when Trump, facing mounting pressure by local and party officials concerned about the virus surge, on Thursday abruptly called off the event in his adopted home state. What might have been a rare moment in the sun for Jacksonville, a city often eclipsed by Atlanta and its Florida counterparts, went poof.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/thanks-trump-jacksonville-becomes-political-161253738.html

Ask all the contractors Trump has ripped off.

[Andy823]

1. Bottom line was

"NOBODY" was going to show up!

[2naSalit]

5. Pretty much.

I knew it would all implode when Grassley declined attendance.

[FakeNoose]

2. Is anyone surprised? I don't think so

It was clearly obvious from the get-go that this convention was never going to happen.

The RNC could have been sensible and planned a "virtual" convention that would have been TV only and no crowds. But no, they wouldn't listen to reason ... and now, here we are.

[mucifer]

3. a hundred days from now no one will remember this

[keithbvadu2]

4. The peasantry were the only ones going to show anyway.

The peasantry were the only ones going to show anyway.

The elite big shots were going to be 'virtual' attendees.

[TheBlackAdder]

6. What do you mean? Jacksonville is Ash Williams's safe place where he dreamed of going!

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How much more does a city want than an Ash Williams shout out?







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