Democrat Convention Is On - It Should Be Off

DNC insists its convention is on - but many Democrats aren't buying it. via @politico https://t.co/kckcb62ZQZ

— The Wheeler Report (@WheelerReports) March 24, 2020

From Politico:

The Democratic National Committee insists its July convention is going forward as planned — even as Democrats across the country are increasingly skeptical it will happen.

“There are no plans to cancel the convention and we are not considering a rules change at this time,” Xochitl Hinojosa, the DNC’s communications director, said Monday after news reports that the party is in the process of devising backup plans. “Contingency planning is a routine part of preparations for any convention.”

Hinojosa’s statement came the same day an International Olympic Committee member, Dick Pound, told USA Today Sports that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will be postponed. The Olympics were scheduled to begin in late July, shortly after the DNC’s July 13-16 gathering.

There are nearly four months until the convention, many Democrats note. But planned walk-throughs of the convention site in Milwaukee have been delayed, according to multiple Democratic sources, and many convention organizing staffers are working from home.

...Behind the scenes, the DNC has made some moves that acknowledge the precarious situation, including researching what are the bare minimum of procedures that must occur — either in Milwaukee or virtually — in order to officially nominate a candidate, according to one official familiar with the conversations.

Questions about the convention were reignited on Monday, when Katie Peters, communications director of the Democratic National Convention Committee, said the DNC is “exploring a range of contingency options to ensure we can deliver a successful convention without unnecessary risk to public health.”

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers just ordered the shutdown of the state. His order ban all sleepovers, play dates, and dinner parties.

We also need folks to limit their interactions to the same people, not different small groups. Shrinking your circle of interactions will help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Unfortunately that means no sleepovers, no play dates, and no dinner parties with friends and neighbors.

— Governor Tony Evers (@GovEvers) March 23, 2020

There can be no "planned walk-throughs of the convention site in Milwaukee." Surely, such gatherings would be banned under Evers' order.

I didn't want the Democrats to hold their convention here anyway. The last thing we need is a bunch of radical, violent loons descending on southeastern Wisconsin. The whole "Milwaukee will burn" thing makes me uneasy.

Now, we're supposed to have thousands of people flying here from all over the country.

"Safer at Home" means no convention.

Such a massive gathering would surely put the health Wisconsinites at risk, unless a vaccine becomes available in two or three months and we all can be vaccinated before the event. In other words, the health of Wisconsinites will be put at risk.

And let's face it, the Democrats can't possibly want to showcase Joe Biden, with all his serious mental deficiencies.

Democrats would be wise to cancel the covention in Milwaukee and keep Biden out of the spotlight.