lives. >> do you think wearing a mask projects strength or weakness? >> leadership. what it projects is leadership. >> reporter: the two candidates in stark contrast. president trump pushing to reopen, and is now threatening to rip the republican convention away from north carolina unless the state will allow a packed house. but today governor roy cooper, unmoved. >> i will say that it's okay for political conventions to be political. but pandemic response cannot be. >> reporter: the president is blaming the governor, not the virus, for why the convention might not go on as planned. >> we have a governor who doesn't want to open up the state. >> reporter: but the governor says his decision will be guided by health and safety concerns. noting that other large organizations like nascar have put together a plan to reopen safely and now it's the rnc's turn. and now the republican governors of florida and georgia are raising their hands to host the convention instead.