Milwaukee moved another step closer to hosting the 2024 Republican National Convention rather than Nashville.
Nashville could still be the winner, but that city's chances hit a roadblock earlier this month when opposition led proponents to withdraw a proposed agreement about how to host the event.
"Today, the Site Selection Committee voted to recommend Milwaukee to host the 2024 Republican National Convention and it is a testament to the forthright and professional behavior embraced by Milwaukee's city leaders throughout the process," RNC Senior Advisor Richard Walters said in a statement."A final decision will be made by Chairwoman McDaniel and the full RNC in the coming weeks.
Milwaukee was chosen by Democrats to host the 2020 convention, but the coronavirus pandemic forced that meeting to be held nearly entirely online. President Joe Biden accepted the nomination in Delaware, not Milwaukee. But city leaders argued that their preparations for hosting that convention put them in the best position to welcome Republicans to town in 2024. They have called the city"turnkey" ready for the event.
Leaders in the Democratic stronghold of Milwaukee joined together with Republican power brokers, including former RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, to make the pitch for hosting the 2024 convention. Priebus, a former White House chief of staff under former President Donald Trump and Wisconsin state GOP chairman, leads the local committee for the convention.Wisconsin could determine who wins in 2024, while Tennessee has not backed a Democrat for president since 1996.
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