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  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    I can see that even among the more thoughtful Trump supporters.

    The people who fly in for the convention are at least making a decision to accept any risk. The citizens of Jacksonville didn’t get a say in this.

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    @jon-nyc said in Trump threatens to move convention if NC restricts capacity:

    I can see that even among the more thoughtful Trump supporters.

    The people who fly in for the convention are at least making a decision to accept any risk. The citizens of Jacksonville didn’t get a say in this.

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      Jacksonville made masks mandatory in public

      Only non-witches get due process.

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        https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/us/politics/republican-convention-jacksonville-charlotte.html
        Donors are wondering why they gave to a Charlotte event that has mostly been scrapped. And Jacksonville fund-raisers find money is on hold because of concerns about the surge in virus cases.

        ‘WASHINGTON — The abrupt uprooting of the Republican National Convention from Charlotte to Jacksonville has created a tangled financial predicament for party officials as they effectively try to pay for two big events instead of one.

        Tens of millions of dollars have already been spent in a city that will now host little more than a G.O.P. business meeting, and donors are wary of opening their wallets again to bankroll a Jacksonville gathering thrown into uncertainty by a surge in coronavirus cases.
        ...’

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          Loki
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          #72

          Still, they are having a convention. What about dem donors?

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          • L Loki

            Still, they are having a convention. What about dem donors?

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            @Loki said in Trump threatens to move convention if NC restricts capacity:

            Still, they are having a convention. What about dem donors?

            Hopefully the Democratic donors put their money into something more productive, or at least something less endangering to public health.

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              @Loki said in Trump threatens to move convention if NC restricts capacity:

              Still, they are having a convention. What about dem donors?

              Hopefully the Democratic donors put their money into something more productive, or at least something less endangering to public health.

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              @Axtremus said in Trump threatens to move convention if NC restricts capacity:

              @Loki said in Trump threatens to move convention if NC restricts capacity:

              Still, they are having a convention. What about dem donors?

              Hopefully the Democratic donors put their money into something more productive, or at least something less endangering to public health.

              I think it’s more like not running for office. But I do get that strategy. An election year where one side really didn’t run.
              Donors got a vacation.

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                It looks like the Grand Old Party’s party is getting less grand and maybe less old.

                https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/07/several-republican-senators-say-they-not-attend-convention/5389380002/

                These prominent GOP members have said that they will not attend the Republican National Convention this year:

                • Sen. Chuck Grassley
                • Sen. Lamar Alexander
                • Sen. Lisa Murkowski
                • Sen. Susan Collins <== she says she’s just following her own historical pattern
                • Sen. Mitt Romney
                • Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner

                Chances are more will announce that they will not attend the RNC this year.

                Of course, one can still think that the RNC will still be yuge compared to the DNC since there may not be a real-life DNC at all.

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                  #76

                  Sensenbrenner is 77. Grassley 86. Lamar Alexander is 80.

                  The others either don’t like Trump or can’t afford to be associated with him any more than they already are.

                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                  • Catseye3C Catseye3

                    TAIWAN-GIRL FOR PRESIDENT!!!!

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                    @Catseye3 said in Trump threatens to move convention if NC restricts capacity:

                    TAIWAN-GIRL TIMOTHY LEARY FOR PRESIDENT!!!!

                    FIFY. NNTTM.

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      It’s not as if any of them admire the democrats or the media. Don’t pretend to admire them as they don’t condone the oppositions cause. It’s not evidence the cause is just.

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                        jon-nyc
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                        #79

                        Um, ok.

                        Only non-witches get due process.

                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                          Um, ok.

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                          @jon-nyc said in Trump threatens to move convention if NC restricts capacity:

                          Um, ok.

                          Haha. Just like Romney and McCain are great men after they were ruthlesssly excoriated. Um, ok.

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                            Can't stand Alexander ever since he was Secretary of Education.
                            And Romney? Can't stand him, the greasy dweeb.
                            I just thought you all wanted to know what I think.

                            Thanks, Ax. You 'da man, budd!!!

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                            • RainmanR Rainman

                              Can't stand Alexander ever since he was Secretary of Education.
                              And Romney? Can't stand him, the greasy dweeb.
                              I just thought you all wanted to know what I think.

                              Thanks, Ax. You 'da man, budd!!!

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                              @Rainman said in Trump threatens to move convention if NC restricts capacity:

                              And Romney? Can't stand him, the greasy dweeb.

                              Mitt Romney did very well for Massachusetts when he was Governor there. "RomneyCare" pioneered in Massachusetts eventually became a model for "ObamaCare" later federally. It's a great achievement, too bad Romney had to disown it when he ran for President in 2012. Still, for the most part, he was a good Governor for Massachusetts.

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                                Obama care is a flat out failure.

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                                • AxtremusA Axtremus

                                  It looks like the Grand Old Party’s party is getting less grand and maybe less old.

                                  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/07/several-republican-senators-say-they-not-attend-convention/5389380002/

                                  These prominent GOP members have said that they will not attend the Republican National Convention this year:

                                  • Sen. Chuck Grassley
                                  • Sen. Lamar Alexander
                                  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski
                                  • Sen. Susan Collins <== she says she’s just following her own historical pattern
                                  • Sen. Mitt Romney
                                  • Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner

                                  Chances are more will announce that they will not attend the RNC this year.

                                  Of course, one can still think that the RNC will still be yuge compared to the DNC since there may not be a real-life DNC at all.

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                                  @Axtremus said in Trump threatens to move convention if NC restricts capacity:

                                  It looks like the Grand Old Party’s party is getting less grand and maybe less old.

                                  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/07/several-republican-senators-say-they-not-attend-convention/5389380002/

                                  These prominent GOP members have said that they will not attend the Republican National Convention this year:

                                  • Sen. Chuck Grassley
                                  • Sen. Lamar Alexander
                                  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski
                                  • Sen. Susan Collins <== she says she’s just following her own historical pattern
                                  • Sen. Mitt Romney
                                  • Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner

                                  More Congressional GOP members announced that they will not attend the RNC:

                                  • Sen. Roy Blunt
                                  • Sen. Pat Roberts
                                  • Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart <== of Florida, state where the RNC will be held
                                  • Rep. Francis Rooney <== of Florida, state where the RNC will be held
                                  • Rep. Darin LaHood <== honorary Illinois state co-chairman for the Trump campaign

                                  Florida also has executive order in place that mandates quarantines for visitors from areas with “substantial community spread.” Would be interesting to see how Florida will or will not enforce such quarantines on delegates from such areas.

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                                    Republican convention in Jacksonville will be scaled back next month
                                    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-convention-in-jacksonville-will-be-scaled-back-next-month/2020/07/15/14297da8-c711-11ea-8ffe-372be8d82298_story.html
                                    — — — —
                                    The Thursday letter from Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, obtained by The Washington Post, said admittance will be limited to only regular delegates for the first three days of the convention — or about 2,500 people. For the final day, when the president attends, delegates will get a guest, and alternate delegates can also attend — or 6,000 to 7,000 people.

                                    In the letter, McDaniel says the changes are to comply with Florida rules after the party moved most of the convention from North Carolina.
                                    — — — —

                                    Of course, that will most likely still be bigger than the Democratic National Convention that will most likely not happen in-person at all.

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                                      Ax, none of them went to the last one, either. I know you think you've discovered some big gotcha, but you're making a fool out of yourself.

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                                        Axtremus
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                                        Trump cancels GOP convention events in Jacksonville
                                        https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/23/trump-cancels-gop-convention-jacksonville-380622


                                        "I told my team it's time to cancel the Jacksonville, Fla., component of the GOP Convention," Trump said in a coronavirus briefing at the White House, explaining that "it's just not the right time" to hold a "big, crowded convention."


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                                          xenon
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                                          Obvious decision is obvious.

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