Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Green Bay, April 2, 2024. PC: Fox 11 Online
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The latest assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump comes as Vice President Kamala Harris announces she will be in Madison on Friday.
The upcoming visit is just the latest political stop in our swing state.
Harris’ running mate, Tim Walz, was in Superior over the weekend. Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance was in De Pere last month. And former President Trump made a campaign stop in central Wisconsin earlier this month.
Brown County Democrats denounced the latest assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump during a news conference Monday morning. It was an event where they touted their support for a Harris-Walz administration and their confidence in the Affordable Care Act, but felt it necessary to address the Trump incident.
“Regardless of politics, running for office should not be dangerous. And we want to make sure that we thank both the law enforcement that kept him safe and I’m glad to hear that former President Trump is safe,” said Amaad Rivera-Wagner.
In a climate where Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on much, local Republicans reiterated the sentiments.
Doug Reich, with the Republican Party of Brown County said, “I think there’s absolutely no place for this. I think it’s a terrifying situation that we’re in a place where we’ve had multiple attempts on a political candidates life.”
As a swing state, Wisconsin and our region has seen and will continue to see political visits leading up to the November election.
Kamala Harris has been to Wisconsin three times since officially becoming the democratic nominee. Former President Trump was in Mosinee less than 10 days ago and in Green Bay, back in April. Republicans and Democrats praising both law enforcement and Wisconsinites for the safe and uneventful visits.
“Here locally, we’ve already hosted Presidential candidates, U.S. Senate candidates, we’ve had debates here and our local law enforcement obviously with support from the Secret Service has been able to do an incredible job. So I’m incredibly thankful and proud of our local law enforcement because I know they can keep people safe,” said Rivera-Wagner.
Moving toward November, both parties are hopeful the candidates and their surrogates will visit — confident Northeast Wisconsin can roll out the red carpet, peacefully.
Reich added, “People seem to be very respectful. I think it’s an attribute of so many people in our great state and community that they’re very reasonable people. We can disagree and not get really violent in these ways that we see in other cities. So, I’m very optimistic that we would not have incidents like that up here.”
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