RNC 2024: Milwaukee protest plan an ‘untenable risk,’ GOP leaders say
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The Republican National Committee on Thursday, May 23, 2024, again warned the U.S. Secret Service director about a possible protest zone in Milwaukee.
City leaders have floated the use of Pere Marquette Park as a protest zone. It’s located a block-and-a-half from Fiserv Forum, which will host the convention’s main events.
Local T.V. station FOX 6 obtained a new letter, sent Thursday, May 23, 2024, in which an RNC attorney stated there is a critical flaw and an unacceptable risk that the location would create an “increased and untenable risk of violence.”
Pere Marquette Park is bordered on two streets, State Street and Kilbourn Avenue, that were originally floated at the convention’s primary pedestrian entrances. It is the same spot the city planned for a protest zone during the 2020 Democratic National Convention, which was scaled back into a mostly virtual event.
Last week, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) met with the Secret Service director and urged her to ensure the park is not used as a protest zone. He told FOX6 it did not sound like plans were changing.
