Trump's Threat To Move Convention Causes Overnight Scramble
On Friday, the RNC chairwoman was looking to local officials in Charlotte to guide convention plans. Now, the president has given North Carolina an ultimatum, as governors pitch other states to host.
President Trump wants an arena full of tens of thousands of excited Republicans in Charlotte this summer for the party's national convention. But the coronavirus is causing a lot of uncertainty, and North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper hasn't been able to make assurances that such a gathering will be possible in August.
So, Trump picked a fight with Cooper in a series of tweets over the holiday weekend, demanding that he commit to allowing "full attendance" in Charlotte's Spectrum Center, a 17,000-seat arena where the convention is set to be held, and Trump followed it up on Tuesday afternoon with a deadline.
"We have to know, yeah, I would say within a week that certainly
