RNC Spokesman Sean Spicer Insists Convention Won't Be Canceled Because Of Potential Hurricane Isaac
by Amanda Terkel
Posted: 08/23/2012 11:09 am
With a potential hurricane threatening to pummel Tampa, Fla., during next week's Republican National Convention, party officials are insisting attendees rest assured: The show will go on.
"[W]e do have contingency plans to deal with weather-related and other circumstances that may occur to ensure that the business can go on at the RNC and Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will become our nominees, and that the safety of the folks here attending it and in the Tampa Bay community are taken care of. We're hoping for the best," said Republican National Committee spokesman Sean Spicer in an interview on CNN's "Starting Point" on Thursday.
When asked whether the convention could be canceled in the event of a hurricane hitting Tampa, Spicer replied, "No. There is no such thing as canceling. As I said, we have contingency plans."
There could, however, be quite a few wet attendees, since there are no umbrellas allowed into the security perimeter where the majority of the convention activities will be taking place. No word on whether officials will be handing out ponchos -- or as Mitt Romney calls them, "fancy raincoats."...
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