It’s just 31 days until the opening of the Republican Party’s 2024 national convention in downtown Milwaukee. But who’s counting? Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Brian Schimming, that’s who.
It takes a lot of time, people, and money to put on one of the biggest shows in politics. And the RPW, the Republican National Committee, and an army of GOP staff and volunteers have been working nearly around the clock to make sure the mid-July presidential nominating party runs like clockwork.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to descend on Wisconsin’s largest city for the convention, scheduled for July 15-18. But officials are preparing for potentially thousands of other visitors, the left-wing protesters raising a ruckus in the Brew City. With Trump Derangement Syndrome at off-the-charts levels — as the former president prepares to accept his third GOP presidential nomination days after he’s scheduled to be sentenced in Manhattan on trumped-up political charges — Schimming admits there’s good reason to be concerned.
“Let’s be honest, Matt. They are going to have thousands of paid protesters on the streets. Paid, professional organizers trying to close down streets, hotels that delegates are staying in, venues that we’re having events at in Milwaukee,” the state GOP chairman told me on Friday’s edition of “The Federalist Radio Hour.”
“I’m not telling anyone to stay away, I’m not telling anyone to be afraid of coming to Milwaukee, but the truth of the matter is [leftists] are happy to do anything to disrupt not
