PARTY ANIMALS

What if you threw a party and no one came? In the light of the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent national shutdown, we know lots of parties became drive-bys. But that’s not how the president likes to throw a party – and he’s let the governor of North Carolina know, pulling the GOP convention from Charlotte after Gov. Roy Cooper (D) couldn’t guarantee the state wouldn’t enforce social distancing. At press time, it wasn’t ascertained where the new location was, but when some local Republicans were asked if they would attend – and thought Republican delegates from around the country would get on a plane to be on a convention floor with 20,000 other people, the answer was “100 percent.” One said, “With how things are today, I personally wouldn’t be afraid to go.”