Republican leaders are urging the Secret Service to widen a security perimeter around the site of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee to protect delegates and attendees from potentially dangerous clashes with anti-Israel protesters who plan to swarm the event in July.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., praises support for Ukraine as the Senate is on track to pass $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. vicinity of the demonstrators.”
Mr. McConnell’s letter follows a heated meeting between RNC officials and members of the Secret Service and local officials in which the Secret Service declined to move the perimeter. A city official told The Washington Times that the captain was conveying information from community members, not providing his own opinions about the RNC.
“The city of Milwaukee has an obligation to coordinate a demonstration area and a parade route during the convention,” Mr. Fleming said. “Convention officials have said the demonstration area is too close to the convention. People planning to demonstrate have said it is too far away.” City officials said they are obligated to allow protesters to set up “within sight and sound” of the convention.
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