GOP Moving 'Full Steam Ahead' With Plans To Hold Convention Amid Outbreak

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By Cristina Cabrera
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April 20, 2020 3:44 p.m.

Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel said on Monday that the GOP is moving forward with its original plans for the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina amid the COVID-19 outbreak.


“We are full steam ahead planning a traditional convention,” McDaniel told reporters, according to CNN.

She said the party and convention leadership “do not think at this time” that there is a need to shift to a plan B, “but of course, we will monitor circumstances and adjust accordingly.”

Given that the convention is scheduled to begin on August 24, McDaniel said that the party still has until early July to decide if it’ll hold a regular convention or “something scaled back.”

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/gop-full-steam-ahead-regular-rnc-plans-decide-alternative-later

Go for it, I want to see temp guns being pointed at your heads........coughing ...........and someone giving them the swab "non essential" and everyone dressed up in white Tyvec suits......coughing ........and they all can't go in the building unless, that they have on a mask after coughing , and been quarantine for 14 days.......still coughing ..........."scaled back" ...............your "guy" is the only one your allowing to run, that's pretty scaled back, hold it in the oval office bathroom..................... .

[uponit7771]

1. This is not the onion... Nice!!

[jpak]

3. Many will be dead by the end of September

Idiots

[bluestarone]

4. When the DEATHS begin it will be THEIR excuse to

Postpone the general election!

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. They will kill a bunch of us also...maybe citizens who arent breaking the law of common sense

should see these people as ARMED AND DANGEROUS killers, because they are.

[bluestarone]

6. YES for sure

They just don't give a fuck

[procon]

7. Gee, I guess Republicans are really serious about

their voter suppression tactics. Now even their own party members are going to have trouble voting. If those red states hadn't banned voting by mail maybe they could have mailed their ballots in from hell.

[brewens]

8. At this point they have to keep it scheduled even if they really know it's not

likely to happen. It would look like hell if they cancelled right when Trump is stoking up the Trump Covidians. I actually hope it looks good to have it by then. If it doesn't, they won't get people to come. Not enough anyway.

One thing I wouldn't be surprised to see is their delaying calling it off for political reasons long after they have made that decision. They finally make the official announcement when they are forced to. They will waste a lot of peoples money and time if they do.

[DBoon]

9. A "lose/lose" for them

A full convention WILL spread CV-19 and will result in deaths of prominent political figures. Republicans will look bad.

If they scale back or cancel, they will look weak to their rabid supporters, who believe CV-19 is no worse than the flu. Republicans again look bad.

[The Magistrate]

11. Quite True, Sir

"Reality is that which, should you cease to believe it, continues to exist."


"Defeat of a hated enemy is something to be for."

[Historic NY]

10. They will be having a thinned out herd immunity by Nov.

[Gothmog]

12. This will be a great way to kill a ton of republicans

[Blue_true]

19. Would be nice if they invite as many as possible of the

63 million people that voted for Trump. A lot of birds would be killed with one stone.

[Gothmog]

26. Yep

Link to tweet

[Blue_true]

27. That would make a nice teeshirt. nt

[Gothmog]

28. I agree

[DAMANgoldberg]

13. I live here...

That convention is not going to happen as planned. The "secret" hope when TPTB decided to go after something no one else wanted being that someone other than the current president would be running. A certain ex-governor 90mi S, for instance. Oh well. #justsayin

[Submariner]

14. Don't let them Libtards tell you to wear masks and stay safe

Go party like it's 1999, and have yourselves an excellent adventure in party town Charlotte.

Have a Klan-tastic Make America White Again extravaganza. And don't forget to bring your firearms.

And thanks for thinning out your herd you f'ing morons.

[renate]

15. please proceed, covidiots

I do love the way they're caught between a rock and a hard place. Either the country should open up or... it shouldn't. So what's it gonna be, GOP, when it's your own personal asses on the line?

[Aristus]

16. Anyone else thinking Prince Prospero?

Let's weld the doors shut once they're all in.

[eppur_se_muova]

17. Please proceed, GOPers. nt

[tanyev]

18. Full steam ahead!

[SouthernCal_Dem]

20. Go for it!

[Jspur]

21. I went to Charlotte for the NBA

all-star weekend a year ago. I live in Raleigh but I have been to Charlotte a bunch of times. Anyways the reason I bring it up they had a ton of security for all the festivities that were going on in uptown which is highly densely populated area of the city. Uptown is in the center of Charlotte. The RNC convention will be at the same exact location as the All-Star game. This is a terrible idea and could cause an outbreak of COVID-19 to spread. A lot of Police officers will be put as risk along with other innocent people who are not part of the convention.

[Hekate]

23. We know. Some of us are just a tad bitter about now, & wishing for karma ...

...to bitch-slap the murderous GOPers and no one else.

[Hekate]

22. Christ on a trailer hitch. What flavor Kool-aid will be in those champagne bottles?

[Jirel]

24. Awesome!

Hoping that by the end, they'll all be coughing on each other and wondering if Dear Leader will save them.

[ananda]

25. The Death Cult sharpens the scythe.

Business as usual.