WASHINGTON – Democrats eager to turn the spotlight on the former president donald trump are planning a show of force in Milwaukee during the Republican National Convention, with an attack that has as much to do with the party’s potential governing agenda as it does with its candidate.
It’s not unusual for the opposition party to seek a foothold in the city hosting the rival convention, but Democrats are eager to attack the Republican Party after weeks of infighting over the president. Joe Bidenthe poor performance of the debate.
The Democratic National Committee and Biden’s campaign say they are planning a six-figure paid visibility effort in Milwaukee during the RNC, with daily press conferences featuring Democratic surrogates and advertising throughout the city criticizing Trump and the government’s plan. by conservative allies.
Biden’s campaign leveraged Project 2025, a policy document produced by the Heritage Foundation, more heavily last week, with advisers insisting that as voters learn more, it will translate into support for Democrats across the ballot.
“If Trump thought Milwaukee was ‘horrible’ before, he won’t be happy when he’s faced with a counter-convention from Democrats on the ground that will expose his extreme Project 2025 agenda and hold him accountable for shilling for the rich at the expense of working families , attacking reproductive freedom and threatening to be a dictator on ‘day one,’” DNC communications director Rosemary Boeglin said in a statement. “Trump wants to sell the American people on a return to their reckless, chaotic extremism – but Americans know a fraud and a liar when they see one.”
Trump has distanced himself from Project 2025, saying over the weekend: “I know nothing about Project 2025. I have no idea who is behind it.” But he has close ties to those involved in some elements, including a key author, Ross Vought, former director of the Office of Management and Budget, and former senior adviser John McEntee, who oversaw a personnel database for employees in potential in a second Trump Administration.
Trump himself will also be an important target of the DNC’s activities, with the party considering the convention as a demonstration of “the best he has to offer the American people: a criminal convicted of an attempted coup d’état”. The party claims its counterprogramming will highlight “the grave danger that Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans pose to our democracy, our rights, and our livelihoods.”
The party says it will have pro-Biden and anti-Trump messages on billboards in Milwaukee, as well as on mobile billboards and on dozens of city buses. Each morning, Biden and DNC officials will hold press conferences on specific parts of Trump’s agenda, with surrogates that will include Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas , and former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance. Lower parts.
A rapid response team will also work to highlight what Trump and Republican teams are doing at and around the convention.
Even as he faces growing calls from elected Democrats and allies to consider resigning, Biden plans to engage in his own counterprogramming schedule next week with a mix of official and campaign events, including celebrating the anniversary of the Texas Voting Rights Act and addressing the NAACP and United Conventions in Las Vegas.
Vice President Kamala Harris seized on Project 2025’s agenda during her stop in Las Vegas on Tuesday, saying if it were implemented it would be “the latest attack in Donald Trump’s all-out assault on reproductive freedom.”
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