A Tale of Two (Convention) Cities Fearing A Second Wave Of COVID-19

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The 2016 national conventions each drew an estimated 50,000 people. Day and night for a week, throngs pulsed through sports arena hallways, hotel lobbies, meeting rooms and bars. This year, it's hard to imagine a more effective way to spread the virus.

Milwaukee was to host the Democratic convention in mid-July but the party's national committee agreed to postpone until the week of August 17. That is the week before the Republicans are slated to gather in Charlotte.

Hillary Clinton embraces President Obama after his address to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in 2016.Those dollars and jobs could scarcely be more welcome in any American city than they would be this summer. But it's also hard to imagine a more effective way to spread the virus, endangering not only the conventioneers but also the thousands of workers employed to set up, serve food and drinks and clean up.

"They have to take care of our people, too. The onus will be on them to see that the people working that convention are safe.""At first a lot of local folks were really excited to have the convention here, to show off our city, our small businesses and black owned businesses," says Angela Lang, executive director of Black Leaders Organizing for Communities in Milwaukee."We also saw it as a chance to talk about the challenges here, especially in terms of black folks.

The Democratic National Committee is voting on a proposal to leave final decisions about the convention to a state and local team of health and elected officials. But Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, has said he expects the convention to move toward an essentially virtual mode.

That was very much like the solution proposed for the Democrats by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who envisioned a ballpark with delegates six feet apart. Widely separated by geography and history, the two cities nonetheless share notable characteristics. The growing city of Charlotte is nearing 900,000 people and the surrounding Mecklenburg County adds another 200,000. The City of Milwaukee has fewer than 600,000 and its suburbs within Milwaukee County add another 350,000 . In both cases, the core city has become increasingly African American and Hispanic as white residents over the past few generations decamped to the suburbs.

 

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We’ll see whether the GOP really beli3ves their rhetoric about people needing to get back out there when we see whether they age a traditional convention.

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GOPApocalypse

Well, that’s less for BernieSanders to sweep up when it’s over. That was so sad to see him with his little broom that Hillary tossed at him. Hey, but he got another house out of it. Wonder what he got this time.

Since the GOP tells us it’s safe to get back to work then we can expect them to hold a traditional convention or Trump rally.

do it in animal crossing, be bold and progressive for once

So let’s hope the GOP still holds theirs.

THRONGS*

NPR knows Sleepy Hoe couldn’t attract an audience of 10. Trump, on the other hand, is a rockstar.

All I want for Christmas is bigly trump rallies w/out masks.

They better have a convention and pull Joe out

I thought the Dems were planning a virtual convention. True?

They were already anachronistic.

And it’s hard to imagine as poor of a candidate as the Democrat party chose.

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