Trump Threatens to Move Republican National Convention From North Carolina

President Donald Trump, right, participates in a briefing about Hurricane Dorian with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper aboard Air Force One at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in Havelock, N.C., on Sept. 9, 2019. Evan Vucci/AP Photo

Republican President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to move his party’s national convention from North Carolina unless Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper promises the space where the convention is scheduled to be held can be fully occupied.

The Republican National Convention is slated for Aug. 24 to Aug. 27 at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte.