{"id":1036574,"date":"2024-06-26T22:31:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T22:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1036574"},"modified":"2024-06-26T22:31:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T22:31:58","slug":"icymi-rnc-bookings-are-underwhelming-adding-to-list-of-broken-republican-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-rnc-bookings-are-underwhelming-adding-to-list-of-broken-republican-promises\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: RNC Bookings are \u201cUnderwhelming,\u201d Adding to List of Broken Republican Promises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Today, the Recombobulation Area reported<\/a> that bookings for the Republican National Committee\u2019s convention \u2013 which starts in nearly two weeks \u2013 are \u201cunderwhelming\u201d and a \u201cfailure.\u201d Business owners in Milwaukee who were promised an economic boom from the influx of visitors and money are losing faith that the RNC will deliver on its promised impact. This adds to numerous failures and insults to the city of Milwaukee from the Republican Party and their nominee, Donald Trump.
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First,<\/strong> <\/strong>Donald Trump promised up to 13,000<\/a> new jobs in Wisconsin from the Foxconn deal. With a golden shovel in hand, he called it the \u201ceighth wonder of the world<\/a>\u201d and lauded the \u201cwonderful trade deal.\u201d As Wisconsinites know, the jobs never materialized<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then,<\/strong> <\/strong>the RNC used a picture of Ho Chi Minh City<\/a> on their official convention website, mistaking the skyline for Milwaukee\u2019s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, <\/strong>Donald Trump infamously called the city of Milwaukee \u201chorrible<\/a>,\u201d sparking outrage from Milwaukee defenders and those who know the truth about the beautiful city. The backlash was so severe, Trump\u2019s team was forced to walk back<\/a> his comments.

If that wasn\u2019t enough,<\/strong> Trump wasn\u2019t even going to stay<\/a> in Milwaukee during the RNC, instead opting to stay at his Trump Tower in Chicago. When he got caught, his hotel reservations quickly changed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now,<\/strong> the RNC is failing to make good on it\u2019s promises to the city of Milwaukee, as residents and local business owners call<\/a> the RNC\u2019s planning \u201cunderwhelming\u201d and a \u201cfailure.\u201d

Each of these insults come after Trump\u2019s associates in Wisconsin fueled Trump\u2019s fake electors plot<\/a> and fanned the flames of election denial conspiracies in the state and across the nation.
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In response to more damning reporting of how Trump and MAGA Republicans have repeatedly disrespected the city of Milwaukee, DNC spokesperson Addy Toevs released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRepublicans just can\u2019t seem to get it right with Milwaukeeans. Under Donald Trump\u2019s watch, Wisconsin lost more than 80,000 jobs. To add insult to injury, just weeks ago Trump called Milwaukee a \u2018horrible city,\u2019 sparking backlash from locals and Americans across the country who want him to know that the dislike is mutual<\/a>. Then, reports showed Trump refusing to stay in Milwaukee during the RNC, prompting his campaign to cancel his reservation<\/a> at Trump Tower in Chicago to stem the tide of criticism. Now, Republicans are once again failing to make good on their promises that the Republican convention will bring an influx of money and tourism to local businesses as projected activity remains lackluster. We aren\u2019t surprised \u2013 Trump\u2019s Republican party consistently over promises and under delivers for the American people, and we will reject them for it in November when voters in Milwaukee and across the country send President Biden back to the White House for four more years.<\/strong>\u201d
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The Recombobulation Area:<\/strong><\/a> SPECIAL REPORT: RNC bookings \u201cunderwhelming\u201d and a \u201cfailure,\u201d event venues and restaurants raise concerns<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Dan Shafer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Point: <\/strong>\u201cGary Witt, president and CEO of the Pabst Theater Group, told The Recombobulation Area that the majority of the group\u2019s venues will have no events booked for the RNC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTwo of downtown Milwaukee\u2019s most iconic venues, the Pabst Theater <\/a>and Riverside Theater<\/a>, will likely sit empty during the convention, he said, as will the Vivarium<\/a> and The Fitzgerald<\/a>, which are both located on Milwaukee\u2019s East Side. Turner Hall Ballroom will host a yet-to-be announced organization, but that arrangement was made for the DNC in 2020 before the convention went mostly virtual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWitt characterized the RNC planning as \u2018underwhelming\u2019 and a \u2018failure.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018It\u2019s 100% a case of ‘overpromise, underdeliver,\u2019 on all parts, by everybody,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018We were told it was going to be one way over and over and over and over again when (the RNC) was confirmed, and it has turned out to be almost anything but the way that we were told it was going to turn out,\u2019 Witt said. \u2018We were sold a storyline of how this is going to go, and basically it didn’t go anything at all like the storyline that we were sold.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWitt also said the Pabst Theater Group is in \u2018constant contact with everyone else in town that does what we do, and I\u2019m hearing the same thing from them.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, the Recombobulation Area reported that bookings for the Republican National Committee\u2019s convention \u2013 which starts in nearly two weeks \u2013 are \u201cunderwhelming\u201d and a \u201cfailure.\u201d Business owners in Milwaukee who were promised an economic boom from the influx of visitors and money are losing faith that the RNC will deliver on its promised impact. 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