Texas Scorecard by Brandon Waltens May 27, 2020
While North Carolina dithers, some states—including Texas—are trying to attract a relocated Republican convention. The Chinese coronavirus and ensuing government-mandated shutdowns are threatening to cancel the 2020 Republican National Convention, which is currently scheduled for August 24-27 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Now Texas Republicans are lobbying to move the convention here.
Held every presidential election year, the Republican National Convention is usually a grandiose political event, filled with plenty of pomp and circumstance. While the primary goal of the convention is for delegates from each state to formally nominate the party’s candidates for president and vice president, the event spans several days and hosts plenty of political speeches, events, concerts, and parties.
While there are officially 2,550 delegates and an equal number of alternates, thousands more attend the conventions as volunteers, staff, or just to enjoy the festivities. In 2016, 48,000 visitors descended on Cleveland, Ohio, when the Republican Party Convention took place there.
That’s something North Carolina’s Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper is threatening to hinder.
Under North Carolina’s current coronavirus shutdowns, mass gatherings—such as conventions—are still prohibited. And there is a great degree of uncertainty as to when those restrictions could be lifted.
In a Twitter post over the weekend, President Donald Trump put pressure on Cooper to approve the event, adding that if he didn’t, they would be “reluctantly forced†to find a new site for the convention.
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