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    Republicans' struggle to find a 2020 convention site offers a window into Trump-era polarization

    by Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times Jul 20, 2018 5 minutes

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. - As Americans fought in recent weeks over whether restaurants should refuse to serve top aides to President Donald Trump, an entire city has been debating what it means to host his convention for re-election.

    Charlotte won the rights to the 2020 Republican National Convention on Friday. But that's largely because it faced little serious competition. And even before the victory was announced in Austin, Texas, this thriving, progressive urban island in the Trump-friendly South was suffering some buyer's remorse.

    Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, a Democrat, says the decision to host the convention has been the hardest she has tackled - "not just as a mayor but as a mom and as a friend" to her community.

    To quell anger from her constituents, she has vowed that she will not deliver a welcome speech, an extraordinary

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