Party leaders are being forced to consider the possibility that their national conventions may have to be dramatically scaled back or essentially cancelled, while the candidate nominating process and fundraising for the events could be severely hampered.
"A big part of what we did was raising money — this puts a lot of that in limbo," said Mike Dino, who served as CEO of the Denver host committee that helped organize the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
"Raising the money, to at least do what they had envisioned, is only going to get tougher at this point," he added, noting that the committees may even have to ask Congress for funding in the range of $10 million to $20 million for each convention. Congress already approved $100 million late last year in security funding for the conventions, but any new ask would be in addition to that and for non-security purposes.
"The communities go through what they do because of the significant return they get," Gilbert said."In terms of visitors, media exposure, influencers coming to their community — and they would lose every bit of it. I mean, my heart really goes out to Charlotte and to Milwaukee right now." At this point, Democratic and Republican officials said they closely monitoring the coronavirus outbreak but are focused on starting the conventions on time and holding them as long planned.
Democratic convention CEO Joe Solmonese said his team is"in constant communication with the local, state, and federal officials responsible for protecting public health and security" as the"fluid" situation develops.
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