Pence says GOP considering moving convention outdoors

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: The Hill

Vice President Pence said Wednesday that Republican officials are considering moving the party's convention events in Jacksonville, Fla., outdoors next month.

"There's consideration being given to having the convention in an outdoor setting and also putting the kind of measures in place that put the health of all of those participating, our delegates, visitors and anyone else that's present - we'll put the health of everyone participating first," Pence told reporters on a campaign press call Wednesday afternoon.

Plans for the convention have been marred by uncertainty as a result of dramatically rising coronavirus cases in Florida. President Trump, who has pushed for a full-scale convention despite warnings from public health experts, said last week that the GOP would be "flexible" in its planning but offered no specifics on what he meant.

Pence echoed Trump's remarks Wednesday and described the convention as "a work in progress." He said the campaign is continuously consulting with Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry (R) and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) as well as other local health officials.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pence-says-gop-considering-moving-convention-outdoors/ar-BB16MLYc?li=BBnb7Kz

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But if it's windy won't that expose Trump's combover?

[DBoon]

1. Jacksonville in August? Outdoors?

Don't they have mosquitoes in Florida?

[tekriter]

2. Skeeters the size of blue jays...

Imagine what an inviting target Trump’s wind-blown bald head will make.

[George II]

24. Watch this:

Link to tweet

[DBoon]

25. You've made me feel sorry for mosquitoes now

[Lochloosa]

4. Big ones. And heat mixed with humidity. Afternoon thunderstorms.

Oh and hurricanes And gators.

There's a reason we get up early to work down here. It's 86 degs at 8 o'clock right now.

[Zoonart]

10. As someone called it yesterday... might have been here...

"Shittiest wet tee shirt contest ever!"
(sorry for lack of attribution)

[Lochloosa]

11. Saw that. It was here. And smelliest.

[Zoonart]

15. Yep.

[FloridaBlues]

3. Heat index in August in Fl 104. They must be nuts.

Let alone the thunder storms we get in fl but hey knock yourself out Repubs

[lark]

31. In Aug. it rains every single freaking afternoon.

If we're lucky it rains later and the day stays cooled down. If it rains before 2pm, we are screwed. It gets so hot and humid the ground actually steams. Imagine being in a huge stadium with no shade in the afternoon with 96 degree weather and 96% humidity - it's brutal. I spent years dealing with this as a Jaguars season ticket holder for 21 years by wearing a ton of sunscreen (put on in advance), slugging water like it's going out of style, bringing a mister, and putting ice in a rag and putting it around my neck. Can you see these formal repugs doing that? Oh yeah, we took frequent breaks to go downstairs where there are nice air conditioned benches. Of course, there are the Club Seats and Sky Boxes that are air conditioned, but then you aren't out on the field and miss a bunch of the excitement.

It is usually nice in the late evening and at night, but then there are the mosquitos and those can be killer too.

These repugs are idiots!

[Jimbo S]

34. I came down from Wisconsin

for the Packer games four years ago. The season opener. My dad nearly passed out before the game started. Something I don't wish to experience again. Can't imagine a bunch of politicos all dressed up in the Florida sun.

[lark]

35. The idiots will freaking die!

They are too stupid to do what's right - see their face mask rejection. They will pay the price with their health if they don't dress appropriately for the heat, wear sunscreen, a protective hat and drink lots of water. So yeah, the hospitals will have an even greater burden dealing with all these asses that don't know how to survive tropical heat.

[Tetrachloride]

5. Natural air-conditioning, sand of the Sahara,

spicy drinks https://www.delish.com/cooking/g1481/spicy-cocktail-recipes/

and free random outdoor showers (bring your own towels).

Get nice and chilled and or sunstroke.

Group together for daily viewing of launches from Cape Caneveral during happy hour and during any Trump monologues.

Bring your Trump bingo cards.

"sarcasm"

[forgotmylogin]

22. Lots of UV rays to burn the 'rona offa ya.

[lark]

32. People who don't know how to deal with the ultra hot burning sun can end up in the hospital.

Every year there are people who come here from the North (or No. Europe) and who end up very sick in the hospital from sun poisoning. You HAVE to have on sunscreen, be wearing a hat, drink a ton of water & use every cooling strategy available to survive. If you don't cool down and stay in the blazing sun for hours without protection and/or hydration, and aren't used to it, you will probably get very sick, especially if you are drinking

[RainCaster]

6. Spoken by DFT's Mr. Trial Baloon

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Thunderstorms on Old ThunderMug

I feel lightning coming on

[yaesu]

8. If they do I hope mother nature orders up a cat 5 Hurricane or tornado to celebrate the occasion

or not

[lark]

33. We don't get big tornados here.

However, the end of August is usually a very busy time for hurricanes and tropical storms. A small tropical storm with winds of 50 mph would definitely put a damper on the convention without hurting the rest of us too much. That's what I am hoping for - well, I actually want it totally cancelled, but barring that - a small storm would be a great present.

[rpannier]

9. They could movie it to Centralia, Pennsylvania

Like something out of a nightmare, the coal fire under the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania has been raging since 1962 and may burn for another 250 years.

An attempt to clean up the local landfill lit the coal seams under the surface of this small Pennsylvania town. In the years the fire has burned, residents have slowly abandoned their homes fearing not only the fire beneath their feet but sudden sinkholes and carbon monoxide poisoning.

Eminent domain was used to take control over most of the homes in Centralia and the dozen or so remaining residents agreed to give their property over to the government when they pass away. The state government condemned Centralia in 1992.

Adventurous tourists still venture to Centralia looking to walk along the cracked, graffitied road that leads into town.

or
Ruby, Arizona

Standing as one of the best-preserved ghost towns in the American Southwest, Ruby, Arizona remains as a reminder of the wild west. With a mine founded in the 1870s that produced gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper, Ruby officially became a town when it opened its first post office in 1910.

The mines are now home to an enormous colony of Mexican free-tail bats. The giant cloud of bats can be seen rushing from the mine entrances at sundown during the summer.

[paleotn]

12. Can't have a convention outside in the Summer

Idiots!!!!!

[kairos12]

13. How about a cemetery

[TruckFump]

14. Too bad the deck of the Titanic isn't available. EOM

[central scrutinizer]

16. Is Red Square available?

Moscow would make it easy to deliver envelopes full of cash for services rendered.

[dhill926]

17. Genius!

[forgotmylogin]

18. You really can't take Trump anywhere...

[TheCowsCameHome]

19. Oh pretty please, yes, yes, yes.

Do it, do it, do it.

[gristy]

20. Why, yes. This sounds like a great idea that will work very well.

n/t

[keithbvadu2]

21. Mar a Lago has a lot of open space.

Mar a Lago has a lot of open space.

Plenty of parking on the fairways for the RVs and pickups.

[rurallib]

23. !

[sarcasmo]

26. Watch the GOP have a cruise ship convention.

[radical noodle]

27. Oh come on...

let them do it. I'd love to see them sweating their asses off, followed by a few well-placed lightning strikes and a deluge. Sorry, I'm giggling just thinking about it.

[murielm99]

28. Not the Onion?

[mac56]

29. I see no way this can possibly go wrong.

[DFW]

30. I do

What if they cancel it?