With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals

Deep-blue Milwaukee’s downtown turned red as thousands of Republican National Convention delegates and other party stalwarts gathered to formally rally behind Donald Trump as their candidate for president in the pivotal swing state. Outside the security zone where the convention took place last week, residents of Wisconsin’s largest Democratic stronghold grumbled, ignored or shrugged their way through the event. Democratic Mayor Cavalier Johnson calls it a win for Milwaukee. The economic impact is still unknown and complaints have been piling up, including over blocked streets, disappointing restaurant bookings and the use of out-of-town officers to police the city.