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MILWAUKEE — Moments after Florida delegates to the Republican National Convention officially gave Donald Trump enough votes to become the GOP's 2024 presidential nominee, the roll call continued with Kentucky offering up its votes.

But as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell stood to declare Kentucky's 46 delegate votes for Trump, other delegates throughout the Fiserv Forum — representing states from sea to shining sea — drowned him out with boos.

From the second level of the arena, McConnell's mouth was seen moving, but his voice could not be heard....

MILWAUKEE — Law enforcement is tightening down security in Milwaukee in advance of the Republican National Convention following the assassination attempt on its presumed nominee Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.

Restrictions on pedestrian access to a 20-block area surrounding Fiserv Forum had been set to go into effect at 6 p.m. central time Sunday under the operational security plan developed by the Secret Service, but authorities moved up implementation of the pedestrian security restrictions. By noon on Sunday, residents and convention vendors were greeted with 10-foot metal security fencing along both sides of West McKinley Avenue, one block north of Fiserv Forum.

A vendor who identified himself as “A-Train” — owner of Motorcycles, Bars & Cigars — found himself trying to figure out a way to get through the security fencing so he could sell cigars and T-shirts at a barbecue restaurant inside the security perimeter....