WE GET LOCAL REACTION TO TRUMP'S VP PICK.

DEMOCRATS MAKE A VISIT TO WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS GET SOME ADVICE IS THE ATTEMPT TO INCREASE THEIR POWER IN THE STATE HERE WITH ALL THAT AND MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM AMANDA, VICKI HATTER, SHARON AND NICK BLUMBERG.

WELL, WHEN I SAY HERE, I MEAN, MILWAUKEE, WE'RE ALSO JOINED ONCE AGAIN BY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S ERIK NISBET.

THANKS, EVERYBODY FOR STICKING AROUND.

I'M AMANDA TO YOU FIRST.

AS WE KNOW, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCED OHIO SENATOR JD VANCE HAS HE'S A VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK AND WE HEARD SOME REACTION FROM ILLINOIS SENATOR DURBIN.

TELL US YES, BRAND AND OTHERS REALLY ARE CRITICAL OF FANS FOR SAYING THAT YOU PUT A PRIORITY ON CURBING CRIME.

AGAIN, THAT IS THE THEME OF TONIGHT'S CONVENTION.

AND YET THEY SAY THAT HE SORT OF HURTING CHICAGO BEING ABLE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BY LEAVING THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, RESPONSIBLE, OF COURSE, FOR DEALING WITH MANY GUN CRIMES GANG VIOLENCE AND A POLITICAL PROSECUTION AS WELL, LEAVING THAT WITHOUT A PERMANENT LEADER.

BECAUSE VANCE BLOCKED BIDEN'S NOMINATION OF APRIL PERRY TO THAT JOB CONTINUALLY.

LET'S HEAR FROM DRIVEN HIMSELF.

WHY WOULD HE WANT TO STOP?

CAREER PROSECUTORS FOR MOVING FORWARD TO PROTECT US.

HE WAS VERY CLEAR ABOUT IT.

HE WAS RETRIBUTION FOR THE WEAPONIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TOWARD DONALD TRUMP.

STRICTLY A POLITICAL MOVE, HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MERITS OF THE NOMINEES FOR THE NEEDS TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS.

THAT DOES NOT GIVE ME A LOT OF HOPE IN TERMS OF WHAT POLITICS MEAN FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR LAW AND ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

SO THERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL IN THAT POSITION AND ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY.

SO IT'S NOT AS IF THE POSITION IS COMPLETELY VACANT.

NONETHELESS, WITHOUT A PERMANENT LEADER.

BY THE WAY, PERRY IS SET TO BECOME AROUND THE PATH ANYWAY TO BECOME A FEDERAL JUDGE NOW HAS APPOINTED BY BIDEN THAT WOULD COME WITH A LIFETIME APPOINTMENT AS OPPOSED TO THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S POSITION THAT SHE HAD BEEN SET TO BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN TO HOLD OUT OF THE NORTHERN DISTRICT CHICAGO WHEN THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE WHIMS OF WHOEVER IS IN POWER IN THE WHITE NICK BLOOMBERG, THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THIS MORNING'S ILLINOIS DELEGATION, BREAKFAST HAD A MESSAGE THAT MIGHT SOUND COMING FROM A REPUBLICAN POLITICIAN.

TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT.

HE SURE DID.

THAT WAS FORMER CONGRESSMAN LEE ZELDIN OF NEW YORK ZELDIN UNSUCCESSFULLY NEW YORK GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL IN 2022.

NOW A LOT OF REPUBLICANS IN ILLINOIS AND AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN REALLY CRITICAL OF PROPOSED AND PASSED LAWS TO EXPAND VOTER ACCESS, THINGS LIKE EARLY VOTING OR MAIL-IN BALLOTS.

BUT DELLE DONNE URGED ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN DELEGATES TO TAKE A MORE PRAGMATIC APPROACH.

HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.

EVERY STATE IN THE COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE VOTER ID.

BALLOT.

HARVESTING SHOULD NOT BE LEGAL IN ANY STATE.

UNIVERSAL.

MAIL-IN BALLOTING SHOULD NOT BE LEGAL IN ANY STATE.

WHEN THE DEMOCRATS CHANGE IN ELECTION LAW IN A PARTICULAR STATE.

AND IT IS THE LAW FOR THAT ELECTION.

I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD REALLY LEANING INTO THAT LAW INSTEAD OF BOYCOTTING THAT LAW.

SO ESSENTIALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LAWS EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE THEM.

INSTEAD OF SITTING ON THE SIDELINES.

SELDEN ALSO TALKED ABOUT DURING HIS CAMPAIGN VISITING SOLIDLY BLUE DISTRICT TRYING TO MAKE INROADS WITH BLACK AND LATINO AND ASIAN VOTERS IN PARTICULAR.

YOU KNOW, HE SAID YOU KNOW, POLITICAL TYPES TOLD HIM, DON'T BOTHER GOING THERE.

YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO WIN.

THEY ALWAYS VOTE DEMOCRATIC.

BUT WHAT HE SAID IS THOSE ARE THE EXACT KINDS OF PLACES THAT REPUBLICANS SHOULD BE CAMPAIGNING.

OF COURSE, ELTON'S CAMPAIGN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.

SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE JURY'S OUT ON THAT APPROACH.

BUT CERTAINLY HE WAS ENCOURAGING REPUBLICANS IN ILLINOIS NOT TO JUST SIT ON THE SIDELINES, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE IN THE MINORITY.

INTERESTING APPROACH.

NICK, IT'S BEEN 72 HOURS, OF COURSE, SINCE THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.

WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE A ENDED WITH A PRESS CONFERENCE HERE IN MILWAUKEE HEADLINED BY NEW JERSEY SENATOR CORY BOOKER, WHO REALLY FOCUSED TRIED TO REFOCUS THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST TRUMP PROJECT 2025.

SO WE'VE TALKED A LOT TONIGHT ABOUT THAT.

MASSIVE DEPORTATION EFFORT THAT TRUMP HAS PROMISED.

THAT IS PART OF PROJECT 2025 WHICH LAYS OUT SORT OF 180 MANDATE FOR WHEN TRUMP OR THE NEXT CONSERVATIVE PRESIDENT TAKES OFFICE.

AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE HOPING.

WE'LL SORT OF HELP COMMUNICATE TO NOT JUST THE PEOPLE, CHICAGO, NOT JUST THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS, BUT IN SWING STATES SORT OF WHAT IS AT STAKE IN THIS ELECTION.

IT IS A SWEEPING DOCUMENT THAT WOULD REALLY REORIENT THE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

IT WOULD MEAN A LOT OF CHANGES FOR AND AND TRANSGENDER AMERICANS.

AND THAT'S THE ARGUMENT THAT THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN WANTS TO HAVE.

THEY WOULD LIKE TO STOP FOCUSING SO MUCH ON THE PRESIDENT'S DEBATE AND HIS AGE, HIS VERBAL STUMBLES AND THEY'RE HOPING NOW THAT THE DANGER OF THE IN ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IS PASSED.

THEY CAN GET BACK TO THOSE ISSUES.

ALL THAT SAID, ERIK NISBET, YOU KNOW, HOW THE YOU KNOW, HAVING SURVIVED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT?

HOW DOES THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR DEMOCRATS OR HOW DO THEY HAVE TO HOW THEY GO ON THE ATTACK AGAINST TRUMP?

LOGIC OF THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN THAT TRUMP IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACIES, EXISTENTIAL THREAT AND THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE.

THAT TYPE OF FOCUS HAS TO BE PUT ON PAUSE FOR A WHILE.

THEY MIGHT TRY TO PIVOT MY FOCUS ON 2025 SERVE A VENUES ARE INDIRECT WAY TO MAKE THAT ARGUMENT.

BUT MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT FOCUSED ON DEMOCRACY AND ABOUT THEY'RE FOCUSED ON ISSUES RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT ECONOMY, ITS IMMIGRATION, IT'S INFLATION AND ITS ABORTION.

SO ONE WAY THEY MIGHT PIVOT SOME BATTLEGROUND STATES IS FOCUSED ON ABORTION RIGHTS, FOR EXAMPLE, MOTIVATE PEOPLE.

IT'S HARD TO MOTIVATE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW ABOUT DEMOCRACY BEING THE BALLOT AND HARD TO USE LANGUAGE OR RHETORIC THAT TAX TRUMP DIRECTLY AS A THREAT.

BECAUSE THAT IS THE POINT YOU'RE INCITING VIOLENCE TO POINT THE BLAME.

BECOMES A BLINKING AND THEN IT'S OK WHILE SO.

TRUMP BEING A VICTIM OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE ALMOST UNDER CUTS.

THAT IDEA THAT HE'S A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY LIKE SINGER LEE.

HEATHER, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM A CHICAGO AND ON THE REPUBLICAN STAGE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THE REVEREND COREY BROOKS WHO'S BEEN ON OUR SHOW A NUMBER OF TIMES, WILL DELIVER THE CLOSING PRAYER SESSION.

HE, OF COURSE, IS BEST KNOWN AS THE ROOFTOP PASTOR.

HE SPENT THE BETTER PART OF 2 YEARS LIVING ON A ROOF IN WOODLAND TO RAISE MONEY FOR A NEW CHURCH AND A COMMUNITY HE IS A REPUBLICAN AND HE SAYS HE'S BEEN TARGETED BY THOSE VIEWS.

HE IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF PERSON THE REPUBLICANS ARE HOPING TO SHOWCASE IN THIS CONVENTION TONIGHT.

ALL LOTS FOR ALL OF US TO LOOK AT.

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