North Carolina governor: Trump insisted on full convention with no face masks or social distancing

[RandySF]

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump called Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday and insisted on a full Republican convention this summer with no face masks or social distancing, according to a spokesperson for the governor.

"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," said Sadie Weiner, a spokeswoman for the governor, in a statement. "They agreed to continue talking about ways to have a safe convention in Charlotte."

The call comes days after Trump threatened to pull the convention from Charlotte and railed against Cooper. Trump said the governor is "unable to guarantee" that the arena can be filled to capacity, and said Tuesday that Cooper has about "a week" to decide whether the convention could take place in Charlotte.

CNN reached out to the Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign for comment. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.



https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/politics/north-carolina-governor-trump-convention-no-face-masks/index.html?utm_source=twCNNp&utm_content=2020-05-30T02%3A03%3A05&utm_term=image&utm_medium=social

[Skittles]

1. everyone has to pretend everything is fine, for Trump

he is one sick bastard

[Beartracks]

5. Republicans are like the citizens in the Capital District in Hunger Games.

Living a lie, pretending everything is fine, in a world where the truth is studiously kept out of view.

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[Skittles]

12. for the most part the world has been fine for them

as long as they got the biggest chunk of the pie everything was fine.....it's just much harder to present a facade in middle of a pandemic

[matt819]

31. He's not normal

He is a monster. He is evil.

Tell him to take his convention somewhere else. The economic boost it might provide isn’t worth the cost.

[Skittles]

33. the mentality of anyone who would rally around that fascist piece of shit now

[Cha]

2. Sorry you have to Deal with a Fucking Idiot, Gov Cooper.

[bamagal62]

3. I want all of those Republicans

To go to that convention with no masks and no social distancing. Go for it. What have they got to lose?

[Elwood P Dowd]

7. And Trump should greet and shake hands with everyone entering the arena. (nt)

[DBoon]

24. They need a "republican handshake"

Greet each other by coughing in their face

That will show the world they aren't libtards afraid of a virus hoax!

[flibbitygiblets]

35. This👆

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. GOP: Grand Ol' Petri-dish.

[flibbitygiblets]

36. 🤣Good One!

[Mars and Minerva]

41. Ha!

[agalisgv]

44. Perfect

[Jamastiene]

6. Where else it Trump going to take the convention that will let him run amok on their city?

Maybe he should take it to Vegas. Wasn't that where someone in government wanted to offer up her citizens to be guinea pigs for Covid spread? Let her have his diseased nonsense. Let him take all his riffraff there instead.

Fuck him. I, and many other North Carolinians, don't want any more of those riffraff deplorables in NC than we already have. We are all filled up. We don't need any more of the deplorables. We have too many as it is now.

Call Trump's bluff and send him packing to go find some place that wants that crap.

[7wo7rees]

16. Well yesterday, Tarrant Co (Ft.Worth, Tx) offered up and I saw today

that Georgia and Florida gov's did as well!

[Jamastiene]

18. Let 'em have him and his merry band of Covidiot worshipers. n/t

[7wo7rees]

22. Pretty much. Parents live in Pinehurst, NC golfing community.

Worried sick for them.
Please go to Georgia or Florida.
Please don't chose Ft.Worth!!
We live in suburb of North Dallas and witnessing the "re-opening" is f'ing frightening to witness.
Plus knowing numbers are being fudged in every damned direction!!

[Jamastiene]

23. I live just south of Pinehurst.

People where I live are not taking it seriously at all. They are wearing masks only on their mouths or around their neck or not at all. I wonder why the ones who wear the masks only on their mouths or around their necks even bother at all. At least less adults are snickering and pointing at me the few times I go out nowadays. I've kept it to going out only once or twice per month so far. So far so good, but it's only a matter of time with Cooper reopening the state.

[7wo7rees]

42. Wow. You live just south of Pinehurst? Nice to know. Maybe you can

help us stay informed. All we hear from 'rents is everything is fine. They live right on one of golf courses. They are Republicans, only watch Fox and have decided they have had enough pretty much. They are starting to have close friends in for dinners and cards.....
We here in Dallas at our wits end..

Thank you.
.

[Lonestarblue]

28. Tarrant County is full of rich Republicans who just love their tax cuts.

They don’t care what happens to the country so long as their 401ks are doing well and they pay As little in taxes as possible.

[yellowdogintexas]

46. We have long known our mayor was Republican

In fact Trump once called her his favorite mayor.
We have a decent sized convention center and I really don't think it is the right size for a national convention.

Not to mention Sundance Square will have to be sterilized and the hotels will have to be fumigated.

He can take his rude, crude tacky self right on over to Florida or Georgia

[lastlib]

25. I hear Pyongyang is lovely in August......

tRumpski could hang with his buddy Kim. (I'd pay the price of admission to see him hang w/ Kim.....did I say that?)

[Jamastiene]

27. Did I just nod in agreement?

I didn't hear a thing.

[Warpy]

39. Maybe they can find a venue

in that new state the wingnuts want to make out of eastern WA and OR and part of ID and WY, variously proposed as the State of Lincoln or the State of Jefferson or Absaroka, all to be considered as the 51st state.

There are some huge barns and rodeo arenas up there that would suffice for venues.

I can't think of many other places that will allow that many scofflaw Republicans to spread disease.

Maybe Nebraska will have them. Maybe Wyoming. Maybe Mississippi or Louisiana.

[Laffy Kat]

8. I think we should support this idea.

What's the worst that could happen?

[highplainsdem]

9. Trump doesn't care how many die -- only that he gets a show of support from the Republicans he views

as his vassals. Lots of loud cheering for him on TV, throughout the convention.

He's especially set on this because Democrats might go with a virtual, online convention instead.

Trump's planning to try to spin that as brave, united Republicans -- all loudly adoring their orange idol -- versus timid, frightened Dems.

[flibbitygiblets]

37. It'll be a superspreader event, especially with all the racist cheering

Chris Hayes was saying that singing, chanting and loud talking might explain why so many infections happen in churches. A trump rally is like that on steroids.

[napi21]

10. I hope he gets what he wants too! I hope they ALL get the virus. Nasty as it sounds, MAYBE we'll

end up with fewer REPUGS, and nobody here will cry about that!

[Laelth]

11. This scenario makes me happy.

I love the idea of Agent Orange begging a Democratic Governor for an accommodation.



-Laelth

[LaMouffette]

13. Typhoid Trump must have (secretly) come to the realization that

he will no way in hell win reelection in November, so he is going to burn the whole nation to the ground and hurt as many people as he can in the process. He truly is like a rabid dog at this point, apologies to rabid dogs everywhere.

[Jamastiene]

19. Old Yeller.

Old Oranger?

It DOES seem like that is what he is trying to do.

[LaMouffette]

48. "Old Yeller"! Perfect!

So what if it's a couple of hues off? He's old, he's yellow (okay, orange), he yells, and he's rabid. Perfect.

[smirkymonkey]

14. I hope they do get their full-on convention in the reddest county in a very red state and

pack the venue to the gills with no masks and no social distancing. There are plenty of old-geezer republicans, including Trump who are just ripe for catching and dying from Covid-19 and it might be a good opportunity to start culling that herd.

Let them have their party. We just have to be extra vigilant about protecting ourselves from them, but then again, it's not that hard for most of us to avoid right-wingers like the plague as it is.

[yellowdogintexas]

47. Tarrant County is no longer the reddest county in a red state

Tarrant went hard for Beto.

Of course they could take their party over to Lubbock and just use the football stadium and they can enjoy Panhandle heat.

Or Odessa - Midland which is very Republican.

San Antonio flatly told us they did not want to hold our State Convention so it is going to be virtual. I doubt San Antonio will be interested

[mtngirl47]

15. Theoretically we could put all the Republicans in an arena

with no masks and no social distancing and let them infect each other.

Unfortunately, too many North Carolinians will have to serve them at hotels and restaurants and the arena itself. The disease spreaders will fly to town and use transportation around Charlotte. They will insist that they don't need no stinking masks, because freedom.

NC currently has a 40% uptick in corona virus cases right now---with the influx of up to 50k disease spreaders it could cause havoc in Charlotte.

Just say no Governor Cooper!

[Jamastiene]

20. I know.

I would hate to see that kind of suffering in Charlotte. Charlotte doesn't deserve that. It is a nice city.

[dalton99a]

17. Let them line up and lick Trump's ass for all I care

[BGBD]

21. Just tell him

that massive gatherings won't be available in Charlotte this summer. Maybe he can find an Airport Hilton in Topeka to have it in.

[scarletwoman]

26. Why doesn't Gov. Cooper just tell trump to go pound sand? (nt)

[Initech]

29. Coronavirus likes this!

See also: 1918 Influenza victory parade in Philadelphia:https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/philadelphia-threw-wwi-parade-gave-thousands-onlookers-flu-180970372/

History repeats itself.

[DesertRat]

30. He could have it on one of the empty cruise ships

[niyad]

45. Not big enoug h for donnie bodybags' ego.

[keithbvadu2]

32. Call Trump's bluff

[LiberalFighter]

34. Agree to Trump's terms with one stipulation.

They must all be quarantined for 2 weeks. But I don't know how they would protect the hotel workers or restaurant workers.

[33taw]

38. Pass a law that no masks are permitted at the convention. They'll wear them to prove they can.

[AC_Mem]

40. Weigh the cost

Of money they would make from the convention to the cost of treating another spike of corona virus, not to mention the possible death of who knows how many - because you know that the die-hards (no pun intended) will flock to see their lord and master, even if they are sick. They will celebrate their mutual insanity, up close and personal. And this would be just about the time that the second wave of the virus has been predicted.

It would be a disaster and no way is it worth whatever profits they might make.

Plus - well, the obvious. Why on earth would they want to host thousands of hate and rage filled fools in their city?

[PatrickforO]

43. Trump is the proverbial mad king.

Too bad we have to suffer under his reign here in this end-stage capitalist age of Kali Yuga.