GOP candidates in swing states apparently don’t want to be anywhere near the GOP Convention in Cleveland. Corporations are under pressure from activist groups to skip out, as well.
+ Top Republicans may skip Convention in Cleveland | The Hill – Rebecca Savransky
+ Corporations grow nervous about participating in Republican Convention | The New York Times – Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman
+ Companies worry Trump-led Convention could hurt brands | POLITICO – Anna Palmer
+ The GOP Convention will be so messy, corporate America may want nothing to do with it | Slate – Josh Voorhees
+ Great news! The GOP Convention will be a disaster | CNBC – Jake Novak
+ Many GOP lobbyists will go to Cleveland but the thrill is gone | The Washington Post – Catherine Ho
However, as this article highlights, the RNC Convention’s host committee is raising more funds, and faster, than in prior years. It may be the DNC Convention in Philadelphia that corporate America, feeling The Bern, ultimately decides to skip:
+ Sanders, not Trump, scaring Democratic Convention donors | Bloomberg BNA (paywall – excerpt available here)