GOP Sets Restrictions On RNC Attendance To Hold A ‘Safe’ Convention

GOP Chair Ronna McDaniels sent a letter to party delegates on Thursday informing them that the upcoming Republican National Convention (RNC) in Jacksonville, Florida would be downsized as a protective measure against COVID-19.


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GOP Chair Ronna McDaniels sent a letter to party delegates on Thursday informing them that the upcoming Republican National Convention (RNC) in Jacksonville, Florida would be downsized as a protective measure against COVID-19.

It will be downsized because even Republicans don’t want to die by drowning in their own phlegm.

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what about vendors? And lobbyists? And fatcats? Don’t even try and tell me that fatcat contributors won’t have full and complete access to the convention…

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Can the “escorts “ file for unemployment insurance?

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Hey Rona
You still have a chance to change your mind
Probably almost anybody at this point would be a better choice

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Ronna Romney McDaniels: Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah…

Roy Cooper is doing exactly what he should be doing for the state of North Carolina, and what local officials are forced to do by necessity for people of Jacksonville, Florida, no thanks to Ron DeSantis. No one is playing politics more than DeSantis, its just that people are sick and tired of being taken advantage of and used as guinea pigs. Little Miss Muffet can’t escape the overwhelming evidence that its unsafe to hold an in-person convention in that state at any time in the near future.

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What good is it to hold a coronation if you can’t spice it up with a little human sacrifice to please the masses?

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“[A]vailable PPE” means no mask requirement. Hoot & holler into each other’s faces all you want!

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pretty weak Ronna…Pack 'em all in to the convention center. Show the virus you aren’t afraid. That’s your leader’s message–go full bore with it. Never admit mistakes.

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In fact, please do.

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Here is a rehearsal of the nomination ceremony:

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I think Ronna Romney-McDaniels just got her ass handed to her when she recently began to open up the RSVPs to this thing. She was already an embarrassment but this convention should be the nail in her coffin as an RNC chairperson or anything to do with the RNC going forward for that matter.

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That’s too bad. I was hoping the RNC was planning to fill the venue with over 10,000 older, obese, and dumb cultists not wearing masks.

Pack ‘em in for Dear Leader!

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Another example of Donald J Trump’s uncanny foresight.

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Hard to square these draconian restrictions on our freedom, given we know the virus is a hoax.

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" For your sake, the beneficent GOP is holding a convention in a much smaller arena that originally planned. We will also leave the stickers about social distancing on the backs of seats. There, we can not possibly do more to protect you."

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“Never under estimate the stupidity of people in large groups.”

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She is about to get it handed to her again. No way that Trump sits silently by and lets her preemptively cancel his big show. He blasts this before the day is done.

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The obvious subtext is:

We (members of the inner party) need to be safe, but screw everyone else, especially in Georgia, Florida, Arizona, and Texas.

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