Schimming says Dems ‘a party in panic’

State GOP Chair Brian Schimming said the Democratic Party is “a party in panic” amid fallout from last month’s presidential debate, while Republicans are unified behind Trump as they prepare to formally nominate him in Milwaukee next week.

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Abortion opponent says GOP could lose votes over abortion policy in new party platform

A representative for one of the state’s top anti-abortion groups warned Republicans could lose votes after a committee approved a new party platform that includes no call for a national ban for the first time in 40 years. Meanwhile, other groups that oppose abortion had a more measured response to the policy released by the Republican National Committee, which notes states can pass their own laws restricting abortion.

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WisPolitics event video: ‘The RNC in Milwaukee — kickoff to a pivotal election year in Wisconsin’

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Visit Milwaukee leader says Trump reportedly calling Milwaukee ‘horrible city’ led to positive press

“We had people all over the country, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, we had our county exec and our mayor on every national news outlet talking about how great Milwaukee is,” Visit Milwaukee’s president and CEO Peggy Williams-Smith told a WisPolitics-Milwaukee Press Club luncheon in Milwaukee Monday. “And I think that that just shows that you don’t mess with us.”

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RNC Committee on Arrangements begins work at Fiserv Forum

The Republican National Convention has begun work on preparing the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee for next month’s convention.  The RNC’s Committee on Arrangements today announced convention planners and the “build-out team” have officially moved into the arena, kicking off a

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Schimming says Dems ‘a party in panic’

State GOP Chair Brian Schimming said the Democratic Party is “a party in panic” amid fallout from last month’s presidential debate, while Republicans are unified behind Trump as they prepare to formally nominate him in Milwaukee next week.

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Abortion opponent says GOP could lose votes over abortion policy in new party platform

A representative for one of the state’s top anti-abortion groups warned Republicans could lose votes after a committee approved a new party platform that includes no call for a national ban for the first time in 40 years. Meanwhile, other groups that oppose abortion had a more measured response to the policy released by the Republican National Committee, which notes states can pass their own laws restricting abortion.

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WisPolitics event video: ‘The RNC in Milwaukee — kickoff to a pivotal election year in Wisconsin’

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Visit Milwaukee leader says Trump reportedly calling Milwaukee ‘horrible city’ led to positive press

“We had people all over the country, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, we had our county exec and our mayor on every national news outlet talking about how great Milwaukee is,” Visit Milwaukee’s president and CEO Peggy Williams-Smith told a WisPolitics-Milwaukee Press Club luncheon in Milwaukee Monday. “And I think that that just shows that you don’t mess with us.”

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RNC Committee on Arrangements begins work at Fiserv Forum

The Republican National Convention has begun work on preparing the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee for next month’s convention.  The RNC’s Committee on Arrangements today announced convention planners and the “build-out team” have officially moved into the arena, kicking off a six-week effort to prepare the space for the convention, taking

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