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MILWAUKEE — It was Tuesday evening, and roughly a dozen men dressed in matching orange T-shirts labeled “staff demonstration event safety” sat around a folding table at Haymarket Square.

Here in this free speech zone outside the Republican National Convention’s well-patrolled security perimeter stood a stage, podium, microphone and amplification system ready for someone to make a speech.

But as buses idled to ferry VIP guests to their hotels, no protesters were in sight. The scene? Calm....

MILWAUKEE — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) say-anything, trash-anyone style has earned her a dedicated fanclub here at the Republican National Convention.

And while Republican attendees from across the United States can’t vote for the bombastic second-term congresswoman, they can donate to her and buy her book, which was on display Wednesday as more than 100 attendees lined up at her convention-endorsed book signing.

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MILWAUKEE — With Republican faithful preparing for Donald Trump’s presidential nomination acceptance speech tonight at the Fiserv Forum, GOP conventioneers are split on which Democrat — President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, someone else — would be the easiest Democrat to defeat.

Many MAGA faithful want Biden to remain the Democratic nominee because of his perceived frailty. But they aren’t particularly worried, either, about Harris as a potential substitute if Biden drops out, because she’s inextricably linked to the administration’s record, which they view as damaged.

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MILWAUKEE — The religious fervor apparent from the very start of the Republican National Convention crescendoed to the point when a Donald Trump-impersonating pastor came on stage the first night.

“We are made in God's image, amen, and we won't shy away from speaking that simple truth ever,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Monday.

Next came Mark Robinson, lieutenant governor of North Carolina and candidate for North Carolina governor, who thanked his “Lord and savior Jesus Christ for giving us my life, health and strength.”...

MILWAUKEE — Just outside the security perimeter of the Republican National Convention, across the river from where thousands gathered in support of Donald Trump for president, a gaggle of clowns held court.

They were older clowns, honking horns and proudly displaying their homemade clown cart, featuring circus music and a papier-mâché Trump head adorned with a red tie.

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MILWAUKEE — As delegates gathered for the second day of the Republican National Convention under the theme of “Make America Safe Once Again,” prominent speakers made the plight of American military veterans a recurring theme.

“They give illegal immigrants free hotel rooms while homeless veterans sleep on the streets,” Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said during his speech on Monday night. “Disgusting.”

But on Tuesday afternoon, in a park about a mile west of the Fiserv Forum, where Republicans have gathered for their convention, visiting officers from the Columbus Police Department fatally shot homeless veteran Samuel Sharpe Jr., 43....