Trump and RNC Officials have to decide whether or not to hold
the Republican National Convention in North Carolina in August.
President Trump said on Tuesday that the Republican National Convention, originally due to be held Aug. 24-27, 2020, at the Spectrum Centre in Charlotte will likely have to be held in another state because of social distancing restrictions ordered by the state's Democratic governor. In a tweet, he said North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper "is still in Shelter-In-Place Mode, and not allowing us to occupy the arena as originally anticipated and promised." and “We are now forced to seek another State to host the 2020 Republican National Convention.
The New York Times reported earlier Tuesday that the Republican National Committee had begun actively looking at alternative sites for its nominating convention
Other cities that are being investigated as an alternative include Las Vegas, Orlando, Jacksonville and several sites in Georgia according to Republican officials.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper wrote in a letter to Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel that “the people of North Carolina do not know what the status of COVID-19 will be in August, so planning for a scaled down convention with fewer people, social distancing and face coverings is a necessity.” McDaniel responded by saying that while the RNC hopes to “conduct the business of our convention in Charlotte,” it has “an obligation to our delegates and nominee to begin visiting the multiple cities and states who have reached out in recent days about hosting an historic event”.
With the Democrats rescheduling their convention to one week before the Republicans planned to gather in Charlotte, N.C. it means that both parties will be using health data from approximately the same time to assess the safety of bringing together thousands of people and finally deciding whether the benefit of staging the conventions outweighs medical risks to the attendees.