The Republican National Committee is intensely interested in holding its 2024 presidential convention in Nashville — but its push is already bogged down in local issues and politics that pit the blue city against the state's GOP governor.
Delegates arrive for the first day of the Republican National Convention in Charlotte on Aug. 24, 2020.Natasha Korecki
Talks among the mayor’s office, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, the RNC and the host committee have been ongoing for weeks as the search for the Republican convention site has narrowed to Milwaukee and Nashville. Lee is supporting the effort to bring the convention to the state’s capital,In those ongoing discussions, Cooper has expressed concern about the potential volatility such an event could bring in a “post-Jan. 6 environment,” the two sources said.
Nashville is a bright blue dot in a deeply red state, a factor that is contributing to tensions over the possibility of the RNC hosting its marquee party celebration in the city. City Council members, a majority of whom identify as progressives, must approve the contract to the RNC.
In an interview, Sepulveda also raised security concerns around protests and whether the Republican supermajority that dominates state government would come down especially hard on protesters. "This is a new world, this is a new version of the party," one source said."It’s going to be a dynamic unlike any other dynamic we have seen."
Councilman Robert Swope said Nashville is more than capable of safely holding big events. As for political concerns, Swope, who worked as Donald Trump’s state director in Tennessee in the 2016 campaign said,"We’re purposely nonpartisan, so let’s prove it."
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