GOP: Renomination of Trump to be held in private

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The vote to renominate President Donald Trump is set to be conducted in private later this month, without members of the press present, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Convention, citing the coronavirus.

While Trump called off the public components of the convention in Florida last month, citing spiking cases of the virus across the country, 336 delegates are scheduled to gather in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Aug. 24 to formally vote to make Trump the GOP standard-bearer once more.

Nominating conventions are traditionally meant to be media bonanzas, as political parties seek to leverage the attention the events draw to spread their message to as many voters as possible. If the GOP decision stands, it will mark the first party nominating convention in modern history to be closed to reporters.

“Given the health restrictions and limitations in place within the state of North Carolina, we are planning for the Charlotte activities to be closed press Friday, August 21 – Monday, August 24,” a convention spokeswoman said. “We are happy to let you know if this changes, but we are working within the parameters set before us by state and local guidelines regarding the number of people who can attend events."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-renomination-of-trump-to-be-held-in-private/ar-BB17sG4c?li=BBnbfcQ&ocid=DELLDHP

[J_William_Ryan]

1. Trump's renomination

should be held in private with no reporters out of shame.

[lagomorph777]

14. They don't want to be seen with him. He's about to tank their careers.

[Demovictory9]

2. No press allowed

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Won't El Puerco hate that?

Doesn't he demand cheering crowds and tv on all stations?

[magicarpet]

4. Hell bent on the second term for him but don't want,...

... a video record made so they can later disavow any connection to this astounding atrocity perpetrated on America by the Rethug Party.

[msongs]

5. fine then media should refuse to cover any of it - total blackout nt

[Binkie The Clown]

6. Maybe there's a plan afoot to dump him

and they want to save the party the embarrassment of having video of him throwing a giant temper tantrum.

[The empressof all]

7. I thought the same thing...

But then I remembered who is voting for him and came to my senses. My guess is they don't want any visual documentation of their votes. They know they are complicet with a mad man but support him anyway.

[Stuart G]

8. "No Media Allowed"?..Another very stupid decision by Trump. Who else could make such a

stupid decision?. That decision will be discussed till the election November 3 & beyond..

[Eyeball_Kid]

9. My first fantasy about the Republican Convention:

With no press, the knives come out. Then an announcement: Trump has fallen ill and ended his campaign.

[Me.]

10. Hiding Because Of Embarrassment?

[Me.]

11. A SEcond Thought

when he loses will they claim he was never nominated?

[Raven]

12. They can hold it in a f'ing latrine for all I care.

[lindysalsagal]

13. Apparently I was wrong all those times I claimed the gop had no shame

they seem to be ashamed of their putin puppet senile tv show imbicile.

[AJT]

15. When did he move it back to Charlotte?

[Brother Buzz]

16. The nomination process was never moved from Charlotte

It was the acceptance speech that got moved because they wouldn't allow a 'Big crowd'. It'a a kick in the pants, Florida shut down the huge crowd for the same reason.

[Talitha]

17. Possibly due to an expected low attendance?

The delegates might finally be taking this virus serious and are dropping out of being there in person. Loads of empty seats would be another huge embarrassment for BunkerBoy, so maybe that's why they're doing this. Makes sense, anyway.