Charlotte lawmakers float backing out of hosting Republican convention

The odds are extremely slim, but some leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina are holding out hope that the city might be able to find a way to back out of their agreement with the Republican National Committee to host the GOP’s presidential nominating convention next summer.

The Charlotte City Council briefly held a discussion on the issue Monday but took no action. A spokesman for Mayor Vi Lyles told Fox News that the city’s attorney will continue to explore options for Charlotte to exit the deal.

The city council’s conversation on the convention came minutes before it supported a resolution to “strongly condemn” – among other things – Republican President Donald Trump’s recent calls on Twitter for four freshman Democratic congresswomen collectively known as “The Squad” to “go back” where they came from and return once they've fixed problems in their native countries (all but one of the lawmakers were born in the U.S.). Congressional Democrats and even some Republicans have labeled the president’s remarks as racist.

All nine Democrats on Charlotte’s city council voted in favor of the resolution, which specifically calls out the president’s comments and tweets as “racist and xenophobic” It also condemned the chants of “send her back” by Trump supporters at a rally the president held in Greenville, North Carolina last week.

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