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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Sat Mar 28, 2020, 12:04 PM Mar 2020

Trump Promises GOP Convention Will Be Held This August

President Donald Trump said that the Republican National Convention would go forward as planned this August even as the coronavirus has caused the cancellation of large-scale events all across the U.S.

The president told Sean Hannity on Fox News Thursday night there was “no way” he would cancel the convention. “It’s going to be incredible.” He added ... “we’re going to be in a great space,” though he did not specify why he thought that.

He said that he might have a rally in Milwaukee. (The Democrats are scheduled to hold their convention, in Milwaukee from July 13 to 16) His campaign has not held any rallies because of the virus.

A convention is the only mechanism the parties have to nominate a presidential pick. If the pandemic persists, they would have to change the rules in order to hold a different type of forum.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-27/trump-promises-gop-convention-will-be-held-this-august?srnd=politics-vp

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Trump Promises GOP Convention Will Be Held This August (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Mar 2020 OP

That should make voting in November easy. Just D is left. RKP5637 Mar 2020 #1

They'll infect all of us. jimfields33 Mar 2020 #2

Yes, quite true. It knows no boundaries. I just have no idea where we're ending up. My gut RKP5637 Mar 2020 #5

A week ago I secretly thought Easter was a good guess jimfields33 Mar 2020 #6

We have our own convention to deal with customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #3

Yep!!! Agree!!! It's tough all the way around for everyone! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2020 #4

could they delay it a few weeks if they still have a traditional convention? pstokely Mar 2020 #7

That may be possible customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #8

RKP5637

(67,109 posts)

1. That should make voting in November easy. Just D is left.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 12:06 PM

Mar 2020

jimfields33

(15,808 posts)

2. They'll infect all of us.

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 12:23 PM

Mar 2020

Seriously if we’re still doing the same in August. It’s over. We can’t recover. Not hyperbole but realistic.

RKP5637

(67,109 posts)

5. Yes, quite true. It knows no boundaries. I just have no idea where we're ending up. My gut

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 01:23 PM

Mar 2020

feeling is it's going to be pretty bad and I'm usually an optimist.

jimfields33

(15,808 posts)

6. A week ago I secretly thought Easter was a good guess

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #5)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 01:40 PM

Mar 2020

Even though it made me sick to even weakly agree with trump. Now? No telling. I believe we will cancel our family reunion end of July for the first time in 58 years. I think it may last that long now. I hate thinking that.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)

3. We have our own convention to deal with

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 01:05 PM

Mar 2020

If it can be done virtually, fine, but I think that would be a tough sell to the leadership of the DNC. Conventions are multi-day advertisements for political parties, and big moneymakers.

RKP5637

(67,109 posts)

4. Yep!!! Agree!!! It's tough all the way around for everyone! n/t

Reply to customerserviceguy (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 01:21 PM

Mar 2020

pstokely

(10,528 posts)

7. could they delay it a few weeks if they still have a traditional convention?

Reply to customerserviceguy (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 02:28 PM

Mar 2020

since there's no Olympics

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)

8. That may be possible

Reply to pstokely (Reply #7)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 05:21 PM

Mar 2020

but I don't think it can go beyond Labor Day. Kids are normally back in school then, and if they aren't, well maybe it isn't too safe to have a non-virtual convention, either.

If the GOP goes first, has a real convention, and we see C-19 cases a few weeks later out of that, it would provide justification for our having an online-only convention.

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