Republicans head to National Convention with an eye toward November
Steve Hallstrom
Special to The Farmer
Editor’s Note - The McKenzie County Farmer is in Milwaukee this week for the Republican National Convention. North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has been widely reported as a finalist for Donald Trump’s Vice President pick. Stories from Milwaukee will be reported in The Farmer, as well as KTGO Radio’s website, AM1090TheFlag.com
(Milwaukee, WI) - The eyes of American politics will be fixed on Wisconsin this week as the 2024 Republican National Convention begins. Delegates will endorse former President Donald Trump to advance to the November general election for a third straight time.
The convention marks the next step in a tumultuous campaign after an unsuccessful assassination attempt in Butler County Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 13, left the former president with a surface wound to his ear.
Republicans and Democrats have both voiced concerns about the integrity of elections, with Democrats challenging Trump’s win in 2016 and Republicans sounding the alarm in 2020 after Democrat Joe Biden bested Trump as he sought re-election.
Wisconsin will be a key swing state in 2024. Biden edged Trump by just over 20,000 votes in a state of 5.9 million people. Republicans claimed fraud due to voter roll issues and numerical inconsistencies they saw in post-election data. Marquette Law School researchers found nearly two-thirds of Wisconsin Republicans were not confident in the 2020 election results compared to more than 90 percent of Democrats who were. Donald Trump paid for a partial recount in two Democratic counties, Milwaukee, and Dane after losing Wisconsin.
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