RNC urges police to extend protestor restrictions around Milwaukee convention venue

The Republican National Committee (RNC) reportedly sent a letter to the Secret Service asking it to keep demonstrators away from the Milwaukee convention site in July.

The three page letter is First reported by the New York Timesobjected to a plan that established specific areas in which demonstrators could demonstrate.

Todd R. Stegelda, the letter’s author and an RNC attorney, said convention attendees will have to pass protesters on their way to the Fiserv Forum, where the convention will be held. Ta.

The Hill contacted the RNC for a copy of the letter, but the Times reported that Stegerda was referring to ongoing pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses. He said “forced proximity” between groups with “different ideologies” would increase the risk of altercations and physical altercations.

The Secret Service’s proposed security plan would place demonstrators in Pere Marquette Park, a small park 400 meters from the convention center, according to the letter.

“Cramming demonstrators into a park surrounded by two roads that thousands of participants will use to enter the convention venue will only heighten tensions, rather than deter or diffuse them. only,” Stegerda wrote.

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The Hill reached out to the Secret Service for comment, but The Times reported that Secret Service spokeswoman Alexi Worley said the agency has “not officially received” the letter and that if it does receive it, it will He reportedly said he would receive it. “We will respond through appropriate channels.”

The Times said it received the letter, addressed to Secret Service Director Kimberly A. Cheatle, “by hand.”

The RNC did not suggest another location for protesters to gather, but said the Secret Service should expand its security perimeter to move protesters further away from the arena.