GOP Convention Fight Escalates in North Carolina

“Republicans planning their party’s convention on Thursday gave North Carolina’s governor a deadline of June 3 to approve safety measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus during the event, planned for Charlotte in August,” the New York Times reports.

“The move came as President Trump pressures Democratic leaders in the state to allow him to hold the kind of convention he wants, and as they cite public health concerns and say it is too soon to make a determination.”

Washington Post: “Trump has been determined, Republicans in contact with him say, to hold a large-scale convention without an audience filled with masked people.”