WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Tuesday the Republican National Convention set for August in North Carolina would have to be held in another state because of social distancing limitations ordered by the state’s guv.
FILE PICTURE: U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Carolina Guv Roy Cooper as Home Republican Politician Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) looks on throughout an instruction on Typhoon Dorian recovery efforts aboard Air Force One on the ground at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in Havelock, North Carolina, U.S., September 9,2019 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Image
Trump made the announcement on Twitter hours after Guv Roy Cooper, a Democrat, declined Republican needs for a full-fledged governmental nominating convention in Charlotte, telling organizers that planning for a scaled-down event was “a need” due to the coronavirus.
Cooper “is still in Shelter-In-Place Mode, and not enabling us to inhabit the arena as initially prepared for and professional