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NEW SPECIAL REPORT: RNC event bookings have been "underwhelming" and a "failure," says Gary Witt (@Iamablur). The Pabst and Riverside will sit empty during the convention. Downtown restaurants also worry about the lack of activity.

Let's recombobulate: https://t.co/aBj4oLhjiO

— Dan Shafer (@DanRShafer) June 26, 2024

Two of downtown Milwaukee’s most iconic venues, the Pabst Theater and Riverside Theater, will likely sit empty during the convention, he said, as will the Vivarium and The Fitzgerald, which are both located on Milwaukee’s East Side. Turner Hall Ballroom will host a yet-to-be announced organization, but that arrangement was made for the DNC in 2020 before the convention went mostly virtual. 

Witt characterized the RNC planning as “underwhelming” and a “failure.” “ 

It’s 100% a case of ‘overpromise, underdeliver,’ on all parts, by everybody,” he said. 

“We were told it was going to be one way over and over and over and over again when (the RNC) was confirmed, and it has turned out to be almost anything but the way that we were told it was going to turn out,” Witt said. “We were sold a storyline of how this is going to go, and basically it didn't go anything at all like the storyline that we were sold.”

A Trump event, in other words. ETTD. It’s an iron rule of the universe.

“Trump is sliding downward and he goes into this debate needing to reverse that trend.” @StuartPStevens says the Biden campaign is running the better campaign despite Trump’s takeover of the RNC. pic.twitter.com/GdDHCqPJTZ

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 26, 2024

Irony alert: "despite Trump’s takeover of the RNC.”

And somehow this seems to fit:

Interesting. Dem party chief in Wisconsin says they're hiring more organizers for the election right now. https://t.co/z1zCtdhbMg

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 27, 2024

The RNC can’t organize a two-man funeral procession. The local Democratic parties are organized enough to be hiring. Guess they’ve got the money for campaigning, huh?