President Trump Threatens To Pull Republican Convention Out Of Charlotte If Roy Cooper Fails To Guarantee That The Arena Will Be Filled To Capacity
The 2020 Republican National Convention is still months away, but Donald Trump is already threatening the governor of Carolina Roy Cooper that he will pull the impending event out of Charlotte, where it is scheduled to be held. Trump argued that Cooper is unable to provide any sort of guarantee about the arena's 100 percent attendance.
In a series of tweets, the president expressed his love for the Great State of North Carolina by pointing out that he ensured the Republican National Convention took place in Charlotte later this year. In his tweet, Trump noted that the governor isn't willing to come out of his Shutdown mood and is unable to guarantee a jam-packed arena by August.
Trump noted that they would be shelling out a lot of money to build the Arena to a superior standard without been sure whether or not the Democrat Governor would let the Republican Party occupy the space to its full capacity. On May 25, Trump took to his Twitter handle to express his lack of interest in hosting the convention at his Florida-based Doral resort citing small ballrooms.
Insisting that the convention remains in North Carolina, the president's demand for a guarantee completely ignores the high risk associated with hosting the political event in the summertime as the levels of coronavirus could go high. In other words, hosting any sort of a large event amid a life-threatening pandemic doesn't seem to be a good idea.
In last week's interview, Cooper said his decision on whether or not to hold the convention in his state will be guided by data and science. Keeping in line with that, the Republican convention, which Cooper says he supported hosting in Charlotte, will be considered as any other event.
In an interview with CNN, the governor clarified the decision will neither be political or emotional, but it would rather be based on health experts' guidance, coupled with data and science. Cooper also said that the decision will not be taken in favor of anyone, nor will it be influenced by an attempt to disfavor anyone.
Trump will be officially accepting his party's nomination to the next term at the Republican convention, which is why he has had it on his mind for a long time. He has slammed Cooper for being too slow in terms of reopening the state's economy and on Apr. 25, he even demanded a guarantee that the arena will be filled during the convention.