"President Donald Trump on Monday morning threatened to move August’s Republican National Convention out of North Carolina unless there are guarantees the state will let everyone attend."

"'I love the Great State of North Carolina, so much so that I insisted on having the Republican National Convention in Charlotte at the end of August. Unfortunately, Democrat Governor, @RoyCooperNC is still in Shutdown mood & unable to guarantee that by August we will be allowed ... ..full attendance in the Arena,' he began in a string of four tweets. Trump added: 'In other words, we would be spending millions of dollars building the Arena to a very high standard without even knowing if the Democrat Governor would allow the Republican Party to fully occupy the space.'"

Politico reports.

Obviously, it's a problem to have a Democratic Governor in a position to squelch the Republican convention. The Democrats have their convention in a state with a Governor who's on their side (my state, Wisconsin). Health demands — if they are real — outweigh the need for in-person political theater, but that underscores how much political power the North Carolina governor has, since he can hide his political will within assertions that it's all about health.

I don't see how the North Carolina governor can give this guarantee. He has a higher duty to protect the health and welfare of the people of his state, and he cannot know in advance what the conditions will be in August. He can only say trust me and promise not to let politics affect his decision, but no matter how honest he might be, it can't be relied upon.