President Donald Trump tweeted Monday morning that he would pull the Republican National Convention out of Charlotte, North Carolina if Governor Roy Cooper does not lift social distancing
“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,” Trump wrote “Unfortunately, Democrat Governor, [Roy Cooper] is still in Shutdown mood & unable to guarantee that by August we will be allowed full attendance in the Arena.”
Trump argued that the Republican National Committee “would be spending millions of dollars building the Arena to a very high standard without even knowing if the Democrat Governor would allow the Republican Party to fully occupy the space.”
He threatened that if Cooper does not make a decision if the “space will be allowed to be fully occupied,” he and the RNC “will be reluctantly forced to find, with all of the jobs and economic development it brings, another Republican National Convention site.”
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. Unfortunately, Democrat Governor, @RoyCooperNC is still in Shutdown mood & unable to guarantee that by August we will be allowed…
…full attendance in the Arena. In other words,... (Read more)
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