{"id":1037251,"date":"2024-07-13T09:27:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T13:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1037251"},"modified":"2024-07-13T09:27:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T13:27:37","slug":"icymi-the-rnc-circus-is-coming-to-town-but-the-clown-show-has-already-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-the-rnc-circus-is-coming-to-town-but-the-clown-show-has-already-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: The RNC Circus Is Coming to Town But the Clown Show Has Already Begun\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MAGA Republicans from across the country will soon descend on Milwaukee to fall in line with Donald Trump\u2019s toxic plan to ban abortion nationwide, dismantle democracy, and destroy the economy for the middle class, but the RNC has already cast a shadow over the beautiful city Donald Trump called \u201chorrible.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here are just some of the headlines:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/rnc-milwaukee-wisconsin-gun-laws-security-perimeter-1906527\">Newsweek<\/a>: \u201cWater Bottles Banned From RNC Security Perimeter, AR-15s Allowed\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/kfile-ed-martin-rnc-platform-committee-anti-abortion-exceptions\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: \u201cTop leader of RNC Platform Committee entertained idea of imprisoning women who get abortions, opposes exceptions\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/07\/02\/2024\/in-a-shift-the-rnc-will-decide-its-platform-behind-closed-doors\">Semafor<\/a>: \u201cIn a shift, the RNC will decide its platform behind closed doors\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-milwaukee-horrible-city-gop-convention-niomination-604fe33acb5606e9db1cbf3f966507e3\">Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cTrump refers to Milwaukee as &#8216;horrible&#8217; just before the city hosts the Republican convention\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2024\/06\/04\/rnc-fixes-website-after-using-photo-of-ho-chi-minh-city-not-milwaukee\/73971792007\/\">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a>: \u201cRepublican National Convention website corrected after including photo of Ho Chi Minh City instead of Milwaukee\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As Republicans gear up for their national convention next week, they\u2019ve already gone full steam ahead on making it one for the books:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The RNC is allowing real guns into the convention but prohibiting *fake* guns.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/rnc-milwaukee-wisconsin-gun-laws-security-perimeter-1906527\">Newsweek<\/a>: \u201c<strong>Water Bottles Banned From RNC Security Perimeter, AR-15s Allowed\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2018We are prohibiting citizens from possessing tennis balls and water bottles while allowing them to carry fully loaded AR-15 assault rifles into the security perimeter of a major political event,\u2019 Milwaukee Alderman Robert Bauman told Newsweek. \u2018I find this utterly ridiculous.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201c\u2018Fake guns are prohibited, but real guns are allowed,\u2019<\/strong> he said. \u2018Think about that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox6now.com\/news\/rnc-milwaukee-rough-security-restrictions\">Fox 6 Milwaukee<\/a>: \u201cRNC security: Guns OK, tennis balls banned within rough footprint\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And the RNC welcomed Trump\u2019s handpicked MAGA extremists and Project 2025 architects to lead the planning and drafting of the party platform.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/08\/us\/politics\/trump-republican-platform.html\">New York Times<\/a>: \u201cA Republican Platform That Could Read Like a Trump Rally\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cThe co-opting of the platform committee by Mr. Trump\u2019s campaign operation follows its hostile takeover of the Republican National Committee.<\/strong> The previous national chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel, was ousted on Feb. 26 and replaced days later with two close allies of Mr. Trump: Michael Whatley, the former state party chairman in North Carolina, and Lara Trump, the Fox News commentator and wife of Mr. Trump\u2019s son Eric. <strong>The new leadership fired dozens of R.N.C. staff members. <\/strong>Some were rehired, but only after they gave satisfactory answers to questions, including whether they believed the 2020 election was stolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cGrowing evidence suggests that the campaign intends to keep the platform committee on a similarly short leash.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/donald-trump-project-2025-1235053996\/\">Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cMeanwhile, over at the Republican National Committee, at least seven of the individuals tasked with overhauling the party\u2019s platform in anticipation of Trump\u2019s second term in office have connections to Project 2025 \u2014 starting with <strong>Russell Vought<\/strong>, who was director of the Office of Management and Budget during Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Project 2025 advisory board includes still more organizations helmed by former high-ranking Trump officials: Former Trump chief of staff <strong>Mark Meadows<\/strong> leads the Conservative Partnership Institute; Trump White House advisor <strong>Stephen Miller<\/strong> is the president of America First Legal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/kfile-ed-martin-rnc-platform-committee-anti-abortion-exceptions\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: \u201cTop leader of RNC Platform Committee entertained idea of imprisoning women who get abortions, opposes exceptions\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c[Ed] Martin has consistently espoused a hardline position on abortion, criticizing Republicans with a more moderate stance on the issue, and has even <strong>questioned the safety of birth control<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/rnc-hires-prominent-stop-steal-advocate-help-craft-2024-platform-rcna155298\">NBC News<\/a>: \u201cRNC hires a prominent &#8216;Stop the Steal&#8217; advocate to help craft its 2024 platform\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEd Martin, a former chair of the Missouri Republican Party, was a major proponent of former President Donald Trump\u2019s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. He gave a speech to Trump supporters in Washington on the eve of the Capitol attack, <strong>calling on \u2018die-hard true Americans\u2019 to work until their \u2018last breath\u2019 to \u2018stop the steal,\u2019<\/strong> according to video posted on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn the morning of Jan. 6, Martin attended Trump\u2019s speech near the White House before <strong>joining the crowd in marching to the Capitol<\/strong> and posting about it on social media.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/donald-trump-define-2024-rnc-platform-committee-members\/story?id=111715854\">ABC News<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump will define 2024 RNC platform, committee members say\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MAGA Republicans can\u2019t stop fighting each other since the RNC\u2019s extreme MAGA Trump takeover.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lara-trump-rnc-leadership-election-reshaping-gop-a407d7edbfb37739abc590540b2f206d#:~:text=They%20succeeded%20in%20replacing%20its,day%2Dto%2Dday%20operations\">Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cLara Trump is taking the reins and reshaping the RNC in her father-in-law&#8217;s image\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cParty insiders and former RNC staffers, including those swept out in recent months, say the <strong>committee is lagging in building a county-by-county operation<\/strong> that helps turn out the vote. Former staffers said they worry the RNC is focusing too much on Trump\u2019s race, putting down-ballot candidates in a tough spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo help bolster turnout, she is <strong>embracing conservative groups that espouse fringe beliefs.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/republican-national-committee-trump-staffing-cuts-46bc8afcc152aecfd471161a59b74005\">Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cTrump&#8217;s team is slashing Republican National Committee staff amid takeover, AP sources say\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/01\/29\/republican-party-feud-turning-point-las-vegas-00138493\">Politico<\/a>: \u201cParty feud breaks out ahead of RNC meeting in Las Vegas\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/06\/politics\/trump-rnc-mcdaniel\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: \u201cTensions between Trump and RNC grow as he steamrolls toward GOP nomination\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The RNC also decided to get rid of any transparency so voters don\u2019t know who is pulling the strings creating the RNC\u2019s new platform.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/07\/02\/2024\/in-a-shift-the-rnc-will-decide-its-platform-behind-closed-doors\">Semafor<\/a>: \u201cIn a shift, the RNC will decide its platform behind closed doors\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn a break from decades-long precedent, reporters and spectators will not be allowed to watch next week\u2019s party platform committee proceedings in Milwaukee. C-SPAN, which has previously broadcast the committee\u2019s work, was never offered access this year, and told that the three-day meeting will be closed to the press. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2018The lack of transparency is unwelcome,\u2019 said Oscar Brock, an RNC committeeman from Tennessee. \u2018When people operate behind closed doors, you always have to wonder what the outcome is going to be.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And the RNC team left small local businesses in the \u201chorrible\u201d city of Milwaukee high and dry by failing to deliver on their promise of an economic boom.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therecombobulationarea.news\/p\/special-report-rnc-bookings-underwhelming\">Dan Schafer<\/a>: \u201cSPECIAL REPORT: RNC bookings \u2018underwhelming\u2019 and a \u2018failure,\u2019 event venues and restaurants raise concerns\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGary Witt, president and CEO of the Pabst Theater Group, told The Recombobulation Area that the majority of the group\u2019s venues will have no events booked for the RNC. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201c\u2018It\u2019s 100% a case of \u2018overpromise, underdeliver,\u2019 on all parts, by everybody,\u2019<\/strong> he said.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/money\/business\/2024\/06\/26\/dandans-chef-dan-jacobs-worries-rnc-wont-bring-business\/74220518007\/\">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a>: \u201c\u2018Top Chef&#8217; finalist&#8217;s DanDan restaurant worries about losing business during RNC\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2018We&#8217;ve gotten not a single inquiry,\u2019 said chef Dan Jacobs, co-owner of DanDan in the Third Ward and a James Beard Award nominee. <strong>\u2018(For) the DNC, we were getting nine, 10, 12 months out, we were getting inquiries, (potential) bookings. &#8230; Now, there isn&#8217;t a lot of action.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumnews1.com\/wi\/milwaukee\/news\/2024\/06\/27\/milwaukee-business-rnc\">Spectrum News<\/a>: \u201cSome businesses are concerned about losing money during RNC\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2024\/06\/27\/im-sad-for-milwaukee-local-business-owners-complain-that-the-upcoming-rnc-is-already-a-failure\/\">Salon<\/a>: <strong>\u201c\u2018I\u2019m sad for Milwaukee\u2019<\/strong>: Local business owners complain that the upcoming RNC is already \u2018a failure\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2018There are not as many inquiries as hoped, and in general terms, <strong>there is not a lot of excitement around the convention<\/strong>,\u2019 a spokesperson from Lupi &amp; Iris told The Recombobulation Arena.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisn.com\/article\/rnc-bookings-milwaukee-theaters-havent-materialized\/61428988\">WISN<\/a>: \u201cRNC bookings for Milwaukee theaters haven&#8217;t materialized\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-milwaukee-horrible-city-gop-convention-niomination-604fe33acb5606e9db1cbf3f966507e3\">Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cTrump refers to Milwaukee as &#8216;horrible&#8217; just before the city hosts the Republican convention\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAGA Republicans from across the country will soon descend on Milwaukee to fall in line with Donald Trump\u2019s toxic plan to ban abortion nationwide, dismantle democracy, and destroy the economy for the middle class, but the RNC has already cast a shadow over the beautiful city Donald Trump called \u201chorrible.\u201d&nbsp; Here are just some of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1037251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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