CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Another week and another twist for the 2020 Republican National Convention as President Donald Trump says he will accept the GOP nomination in North Carolina. Just last week, he announced the event, which had first been moved from Charlotte to Jacksonville, was canceled.

What You Need To Know

  • Although President Trump says he will accept nomination in N.C., it's not clear where

  • Last week, the president announced the main nominating event that had moved to Jacksonville was cancelled

  • Charlotte was the initial RNC 2020 host city.

Ever since the event moved to Florida, the RNC was only planning to have a meeting in Charlotte in a hotel ballroom for about 200 to 300 delegates.

"I'm just playing out in my mind what's gonna be next, what's the next crazy turn or twist this story's going to have. It's pretty insane,” Republican Charlotte City Councilman Tariq Bokhari says.

It's a guessing game that, for the meantime, is continuing. In the last month, the main nominating event of 2020 RNC left the state, moved to Florida, and now, appears to be back in North Carolina.

“Last time I checked, this was still a free country and the president of the United States can go pretty much where he wants and needs,” Bokhari says.

“I think he should accept it here,” says RNC Committee member and GOP superdelegate from Salisbury Dr. Ada Fisher. “I mean, it's in North Carolina that nomination will be cast so he should do it here."

Fisher sees the President's announcement Monday as another chance.

“These people sacrificed a lot in Charlotte and throughout the state so that they could have the convention here, and it was not our fault that the convention was not held here, it was the virus,” Fisher adds.

Bokhari is envisioning the exact scaled-back convention the city and RNC have agreed to.

“It's not going to be something that Charlotteans really notice, nor are small businesses and hospitality workers gonna get a lot of benefit out of unless we figure out a way to do something more,” Bokhari says.

But while the City of Charlotte appears to have pretty much moved on, Fisher has not.

“I know that I will be wearing a mask in there,” Fisher says. “I'm 72 years old, I'm in all the risk groups, I have diabetes, I have heart disease, and I'm overweight. So, I am at risk, and so I am going to be wearing a mask, but I'm not going to miss the event.”

We reached out to RNC officials multiple times, as well as the Charlotte 2020 Host Committee, to ask about President's Trump's announcement. We have not heard back.