In Milwaukee, one of two cities vying to host the Republican presidential convention in 2024, Democrats were pilloried by the potential visitors after predawn election results delivered Wisconsin for Joe Biden in the 2020 White House race. Rival Nashville, Tennessee, is run by a mayor whose Democratic brother was effectively redistricted out of his congressional seat by Republicans. It’s safe to say…
New hotels are changing the skyline in and around downtown. Golden said convention-goers could be more concentrated in the city core, minimizing the long bus rides and distant lodging of previous conventions and dialing up the branding opportunity.
Milwaukee is also pitching itself as turnkey-ready thanks to its work to land the Democrats’ 2020 convention, though that wound up mostly Still, Wisconsin’s polarized politics are evident even amid the bipartisan push. Woodall-Vogg told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that her tweet was “an ill attempt at some dark humor given that I get death threats that are fueled by the 2020 presidential election.” Like other conflicted Democrats, she said she would welcome the convention for its positive economic impact.
Mayor John Cooper, a Democrat, watched this year as Republicans divided the city three ways during redistricting, a move aimed at improving their chances to flip a Democratic congressional seat and one that drove Cooper’s brother, U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, not to seek reelection. Tennessee’s governor and GOP lawmakers may use state money to help pay for convention, if Nashville is selected.State Rep. John Ray Clemmons worries about the local government incurring costs and having to shut down sections of a city that will draw visitors regardless. The politics don’t make any sense, either, he said.
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