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Georgia gov offers state as GOP convention host amid virus

by Associated Press
| May 26, 2020 8:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgia’s governor is offering his state and its “world-class facilities” as the host of the Republican National Convention — a day after President Donald Trump threatened to pull the convention out of North Carolina if that state’s Democratic governor didn’t assure Trump that the August gathering can go forward despite coronavirus fears.

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