RNC 2024: Parties, protests & proclamations in Milwaukee

The Republican National Convention ended with speeches from former United States President Donald J. Trump and his choice for vice president, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, but it began with a lot of speeches, press conferences, parties, and protests. The Atlanta Voice was in Milwaukee for coverage of the quad-annual convention. At the end of the four days Trump is the Republican party’s unanimous choice to represent the GOP in the upcoming presidential election on November 5. The Democratic National Convention where United States President Joseph R. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are expected to be nominated as their party’s choices to continue representing as POTUS and VP, scheduled to take place in Chicago from August 19-22. The Atlanta Voice will be there to cover that convention as well.On Wednesday night the theme of the conference was “Make America Safe Again.” Along with Vance and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance, who introduced her husband that night, there were several speakers with military service backgrounds that spoke of the border being less secured under the current administration and “making America safe again.”“Choose a new path for our children and grandchildren,” said Vance, a father of three, during his first speech as...