Billboard battles: Fight over Trump waged on Milwaukee's roads

MILWAUKEE — When visitors land at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, they are deluged by huge billboards for the Heritage Foundation, the Washington, D.C.-based conservative group behind the highly contentious Project 2025 "presidential transition" plan.

But the political debate over presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump and his policies immediately spill out on the roads and highways into the downtown Milwaukee, the site of the Republican National Convention.

Massive pro- and anti-Trump digital signs were everywhere, sponsored by a motley crew of political actors, from the Republican National Committee and a political action committee backed by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker to ones sponsored by a conservative Florida personal injury attorney and an liberal food spice company.

Here's what greeted visitors who were driving around the city on Saturday morning:

Billboard in Milwaukee, site of the Republican National Convention. (Raw Story photo)

Billboard in Milwaukee from Think Big America, the political action committee of Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker. (Raw Story photo)

Anti-Joe Biden billboard in Milwaukee paid for by the Republican National Committee. (Raw Story photo)

Billboard in Milwaukee paid for by Women's Declaration International, USA, a pro-abortion rights group. (Raw Story photo)

Pro-Trump billboard in Milwaukee sponsored by personal injury attorney Dan Newlin, a major Trump supporter from Orlando, Fla. . (Raw Story photo)

Billboard in Milwaukee paid for by the Republican National Committee. (Raw Story photo)

Billboard in Milwaukee paid for by Penzeys Spices, a food spice company that is headquartered in Wauwatosa, Wis., a Milwaukee suburb. (Raw Story)

Billboard in Milwaukee from the political action committee of Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. (Raw Story photo)

Billboard in Milwaukee says, "Democrats are coming for your children, your car, and your money. Vote Republican." (Raw Story photo)

A Department of Transportation sign on the north side of Milwaukee credits the Infrastructure Law signed by President Joe Biden for paying for road improvements. (Raw Story photo)

Billboard advertising The Epoch Times, a conservative news organization. (Raw Story photo)

Pro-Trump billboard in Milwaukee sponsored by attorney Dan Newlin. (Raw Story photo)

Billboard in Milwaukee says, "Two-faced Teamsters? 99% of dues spent on political advocacy went to the left. Learn more at Unionfacts.com." The billboard is sponsored by the Center for Union Facts, an anti-union nonprofit organization. (Raw Story photo)