Authorities in Cleveland, which has been roiled in recent years by police shootings of blacks that helped lead to Kasich’s initiative, have insisted they’re ready to put on a safe convention. Confrontations ensued between police and protesters that left hundreds injured and resulted in almost 600 arrests. The city expects to triple its police presence during the convention by borrowing officers from agencies within OH and around the country.
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Burkman, whose law firm was paid $1.4 million to lobby the federal government previous year, said he expected the anti-Trump groups to coalesce once they get to Cleveland. “Our officers have trained with many partnering agencies at the local, state and federal level to ensure that the highest safety standards are maintained”.
“We’ve worked great with the Trump campaign – by the day, often by the hour”.
Cleveland initially had a $10 million protest insurance policy. If anything, the Republican Party and its hosts in Cleveland are striving mightily to project a sense of normalcy, to assure the faithful that a successful convention is in the works.
Thomas Johns, a delegate from IN, said he and his wife are going to Cleveland, but they’ve agreed that his wife won’t attend the convention at Quicken Loans Arena.
Twinsburg – The national spotlight will return to Quicken Loans Arena July 18 through 21, as the hardwood court and banners for the 2016 NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers are replaced with staging and bunting for the 2016 Republican National Convention.
“I think it will be a convention unlike any we’ve ever seen”, she said. “It’s not going to be a ho-hum lineup of, you know, the typical politicians”.
The groups, which did not respond to a request for comment, need 57 votes on the 112-member rules committee to force the change.
Several security experts, Cleveland’s police union and even prospective protesters have questioned whether the city is prepared to adequately secure the convention. Business executives, he said, don’t want to alienate customers who may be offended by Trump’s statements.
They are doing exactly what happened in the 1960s that got Nixon elected.
Both are committed to Trump, and each said they would oppose any change in the convention rules that would unbind delegates and allow them to support another candidate for president. Matt Parrott, a spokesman for the Traditionalist Workers Party, told McClatchy last week that about 30 members will defend Trump supporters “from the leftist thugs”.
If Trump can’t be stopped – and efforts are underway in those endeavors too – then the anti-Trump faction hopes to pick a vice presidential candidate who is not only more palatable to conservatives, but can step in should the unpredictable Trump step aside or quit. “I don’t have any message for them”.
TT: “But they don’t want to have a who, because once you announce the who, you’re not going to have all the people who hate Trump rallying around you”. “It’s not a good thing”. I’m scared for us if he’s president. “So I can understand when you’re fed up and enough is enough”.
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However, Christopher Devine, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Dayton, said he doesn’t expect any revolt attempts to block the nomination. They have an obligation to the people to beat Hillary Clinton and carry the banner of the Republican Party and its principles. “Once I heard that I knew I needed to be part of it”.
