RNC members were just notified that the executive committee voted to earlier this evening to adopt the 2016 rules and platform for the 2020 convention that is in progress on a location, per person who saw the notification.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 10, 2020
Since they haven’t been successful at achieving those platform goals in the first 4 years of the Trump administration
— MisterZofter (@Zoftwarz) June 10, 2020
Essentially, it sounds like they're just going to skip right to the part where Trump accepts the nomination uncontested.
— Corey Kendall (@ckendall77) June 10, 2020
So, they’ve scrapped what can be scrapped — fortunately, so little has changed in the national political climate since 2016 — and are officially decamping for a new location well into Trump (and coronavirus) country. Wonder how the delegates will feel about getting abandoned in Charlotte to do the gruntwork, while the Big Swinging Dongles party in Jacksonville?
Republicans expect to move their national convention from Charlotte, N.C., to Jacksonville, Fla., a shift planned after President Trump told officials in North Carolina that he did not want to use social distancing measures aimed at halting the spread of the coronavirus, according to three senior Republicans.
The decision could change, the Republicans cautioned, but as of now, officials are on track to announce the new location as early as Thursday…
Jacksonville is the most populous city in Florida, where Ron DeSantis, a Republican and an ally of Mr. Trump, is the governor. Jacksonville’s mayor, Lenny Curry, is a longtime Republican official.
Once they decided to uproot the convention, Mr. Trump’s aides and Republican officials had wanted to relocate to a state, and a city, controlled by Republicans. Jacksonville also may have enough hotel rooms to accommodate the gathering, people familiar with the discussions said, and it is a comparatively easy drive from Charlotte.
New reported cases of the coronavirus are on the rise in both North Carolina and Florida…
Guess the delegates get to use their non-refundable air tickets and hotel rooms in Charlotte, and are free to make their own way to Florida, if they can find a room and don’t mind playing Covid-19 roulette. Lucky duckies!
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