Trump is reportedly insisting the Republican National Convention be held without face masks or social distancing measures
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Via: tessylo • 4 years ago • 25 commentsBy: (Connor Perrett) Business Insider
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Trump is reportedly insisting the Republican National Convention be held without face masks or social distancing measures
President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks during a roundtable with industry executives about reopening country after the coronavirus closures, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, May 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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President Donald Trump is insisting the Republican National Convention be held without social distancing measures and without the presence of facial coverings, a spokesperson for North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Friday.
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Trump has previously threatened to move the convention from North Carolina, claiming that the state's Democrat governor was in a "shutdown mood" and hadn't committed to allowing full attendance at the event.
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Both Texas and Georgia have offered to host the 2020 RNC — scheduled for the end of August — if the event is pulled from North Carolina.
President Donald Trump is reportedly insisting the 2020 Republican National Convention be held without any implemented social distancing measures and without the presence of facial coverings, a spokesperson for North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Friday.
According to CNN , on a phone call with Cooper on Friday, the president had insisted that the convention, currently slated to take place August 24-27 at The Spectrum Center in Charlotte, should be held without the measures meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
"The Governor spoke to the President today. When the President insisted on a full convention arena with no face coverings and no social distancing the Governor expressed concerns and suggested a scaled back event with fewer attendees," Sadie Weiner, a spokeswoman for Cooper, said in a statement. "They agreed to continue talking about ways to have a safe convention in Charlotte."
The White House did not immediately return Business Insider's request for comment on Saturday.
As Business Insider previously reported, Trump on Tuesday threatened to pull the convention out of North Carolina unless the state allowed the GOP to hold the event at full capacity. The Spectrum Center has a capacity of just over 20,000.
"I love the Great State of North Carolina, so much so that I insisted on having the Republican National Convention in Charlotte at the end of August," the president tweeted earlier this week. "Unfortunately, Democrat Governor, @RoyCooperNC is still in Shutdown mood & unable to guarantee that by August we will be allowed."
While all 50 US states have begun the process of rescinding stay-at-home orders, state leaders have ordered re-opened businesses to continue to practice social distancing in their establishments. Since April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that facial coverings be worn in public settings.
The president has refused to wear a face mask in public, reportedly over his fears he would look ridiculous and it would harm his chances of getting reelected in November. On Thursday, the president shared a tweet that argued that mandated facial coverings represented a "culture of silence, slavery, and social death."
Trump's insistence of an in-person convention comes as health experts and US officials continue to warn of a potential second wave of COVID-19 in the fall and winter later this year.
Several states, including Texas and Georgia , have offered to step in and host the convention if the president and Republicans decide to relocate outside of North Carolina. Vice President Mike Pence suggested in an interview on Fox News that Texas, Georgia, and Florida could be considered to hold the convention.
Earlier this year, the Democratic National Committee pushed its conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from July to August, though DNC members are also hopeful they can hold the convention in-person.
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Trump Is Reportedly Insisting The Republican National Convention Be Held Without Face Masks Or Social Distancing Measures
Please do RNC and then make sure to forever quarantine following the event.
let him cull his herd, do USA LL A favor
bwah ha ha, I'm cool with those morons doing that. then have temperatures taken at every polling place and face masks required along with social distancing at the new hot spots in november. here's your provisional ballot trumpster, you can drop it off tomorrow.
I have no problem with it either.
Just more idiocy from Trump. What will he do if people wear masks or distance, call them nasty and have them removed?
Once a deplorable
Always a deplorable
thanks for keeping this seed sanitized...
It's hard to keep the vermin out. . .
And proudly so! Always proud to be considered a deplorable by our opposition!
Disgraceful POS as usual.
Does not matter what it is. Even a simple facemask is a political badge and tool for Trump and his cult.
Trump could have made a fortune selling MAGA masks at ridiculously high prices just like all his other campaign crap costs. His supporters would pay it too. He could cut costs by having the Chinese sweat shops where his other shit is made make them.
"Trump Is Reportedly Insisting The Republican National Convention Be Held Without Face Masks Or Social Distancing Measures"
I don't death-wish anyone, and I'm shaking my head on seeing that Trump is death-wishing those who support him. But I guess it's par for the course for him. I just read that he is sending two million doses of his favourite anti-virus drug to Brazil, notwithstanding the fact that medical scientists and the WHO are advising against its use as it causes arrythmia and in some circumstances, death.
I'm curious about something. Did Trump take the final step of ending all relationship with the WHO because it advised against the use of his favourite anti-virus drug? He must have invested in it for him to consider it so important.
If Brazil's doctors fail to read up on this drug and people die, you can't blame the drug. Blame the doctor(s) who would risk their patient's lives by not doing the research beforehand. He ended the relationship with the WHO because they are helping China fight this. It is the WHO not the THO despite him thinking all things are his to dictate to.
The GOP convention is almost three full months away and by then it will be safe to do so. We are going to have our convention and resume having big stadium rallies as soon as possible where ever we can!
if it is SAFE to do so, NO ONE CARES !
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Big stadium pep rallies for the insecure one will not be SAFE till at minimum, a vaccine.
Ego stroking pep rallies where the LIAR IN CHIEF keeps on adding to his tally just down right pathetic. Stroke the Richard in chief at your own risk, cause the Virus gonna be coming back with a vengance, but Trump's ego is obviously worth it for you and your Trump cump, stay safe, and don't be a Trump Chump, asz thats' all his followers are to him, a needed fix, for a broken brain, like a drug to score, Trump needs more, like a system attic, 12 steps from the bottom, where his Base is meant
to build it's dissolving foundation by peoples who lost sight of a once great nation, divided and torn , by a self serving silver spoon born again to Lie to the Christians, the atheists, and the Jews, but that's old pseudo fake hoax News,
to his Faithful, he cheats daily, due to minds weak 52 , Trump cards played to pick up the ball bounced, the United We Stand Trounced, the Loin chopped, the Unity Lopped, from the branches of Treason which leaves the Torrid Autumn to remain our only Season, of futile denile, withering all the while the chlorophyll gathering aparati rake silently to float to the bottom of that Mexican moat , cloggin his unfiltered hate, forgiven by too many to date, the Carbon foot print he should choke, but chicken to asphyxiate all the HATE he used to make America, Sewer Grated , in the Storm hes made the norm, like his nepotism porn, rated triple XXX wives from his parental misguidance, cause he's LOST the General Audience
to the fictitious malicious reality that consumed him, and for those who believe his deception,
a not arriving Resurrection ,
as his preference has always been the division inserection
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the never ending consequences of an aborted election, where an abortion of morals and ethix was brought to US all via a Russian troll road that so EZ passed our gullible the pictures of Cool Aid they just had to look, especially when they and Trump said Hillary WAS the CROOK, pay no attention to the man with all the REAL indictments and around him constant scandal,
it's all just the 10 thousandth coincidence, cause a plethora of correlations could never conclude in anything but just another silly fact pointing at the same damn thing,
The Democratic Covid Hoax, just a Corona Novel going Corona Strong, cause we all know, that's ALL, ALL of this has ever been, a never ending as written novel long and unbelievable,
yet they do
and how truly sad this ignorance has become, continues to be, and will continue for as far as Trumpers can't see
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The TRUTH,
our ForeFathers Dream becomes the sacrifice,
they should have never made,
yet,
they would do it all again,
and maybe, the United States would be able to Rise Again, with True American Women and Men, with the attitude,
We CAN,
cause,
We CAN AGAIN, if we put our Faith back into True Menand Women Leaders,
not Liars, claiming to make America Great Again
,
my only question
FUCKEN WHEN ....?
a demerection for insurrection
rock piddle
fuck
hey, what i write, irregardless of how wrong, it is precisely about /for people like you. I understand you don't get it, and it is difficult for me to reach you, without me actually reading and explaining it to you, but it says a tad more than yours, or your buddies, misconstrue isms', but if that is what you and them wish to do, as you missed erh, so much you miss, construe, just keep on amusing yourselves, cause many on here, are laughing too ,
but not, not with you
I guess we will have an idea how safe it will be in 2-3 weeks when we find out if there are any spikes in Wuhan cases in all our big cities in the NE as well as Chicago and LA or not. Here’s hoping for not.
Yea, these chumps are begging to go back to 1.
I do get it a lot of the time but we're often in opposite corners. I had rose glasses but they wilted with the stench of what people do to each other just for the pleasure of getting by with not working. And if they can't have nice they won't play nice - they'll just take your shit and smoke it.
How do you know? You have a crystal ball in your pocket?
Has anyone looked out their window to see what is happening across the nation …? Why be worried about what Trump might like to have happen months from now …? Some things never cease to amaze me!
Carry on! Faux outrage is quite entertaining!