All posts tagged "Gop Convention"

A gaggle of Republican delegates from Southern states reacted with apparent glee to the news that President Joe Biden had tested positive for COVID, when they were approached by the press at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, reported NBC News' Garrett Haake.

“Bless his heart,” one delegate from Tennessee reportedly told Haake, with a wink. Another delegate from Alabama said, “We want him to live til November!”

This was greeted with disgust from a number of commenters on social media....

Editor's note: Marco Rubio has been taken out of the running as Trump's VP pick, per news reports.

MILWAUKEE — Even before the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, Republicans gathering here this week at the Republican National Convention were bullish about the party’s chances in November.

Outwardly, at least. ...

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....

MILWAUKEE — For attendees of the Republican National Convention, there’s nothing remotely subtle about the role of the Heritage Foundation — the Washington, D.C.-based conservative group behind the highly contentious Project 2025 "presidential transition" plan.

Fly into Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, and the first evidence that the GOP convention is taking place in this Wisconsin city is a set of giant signs that read: “Heritage welcomes you to the RNC Convention in MKE.”

A digital billboard inside the airport atrium flashes a similar message.
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Two takeaways from the GOP convention tonight: